When I Get to Heaven

[Music] when I get to heaven I'm gonna shake God's hand thank him for more blessings then one man can stand then I'm gonna get a guitar and started rock and roll band check into a swell hotel ain't they afterlife grand and then I'm going to get a car and ginger ale yeah I'm gonna smoke a cigarette this man mouths love I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tells the world oh this old man is go into town then as God is my witness I'm getting back into show business I'm gonna open up a nightclub called the tree of forgiveness and forgive everybody ever done me any harm why I might even invite a few choice critics those syphilitic parasitics Bama Paris mythix and smother them with my charm close then I'm going to get a cocktail vodka and ginger ale gambling smoke cigarettes now [Applause] [Music] emori kiss that pretty girl on the tail to world yeah this old man is go into town [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] but bad [Applause] [Music] yeah when I get to heaven I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm we're gonna do with time after you bought the farm and then I'm gonna go find my mom and dad and good old brother Doug why I bet him and cousin Jackie I was still cutting up a road once y'all my mama's sisters cuz that's where all the love starts I miss them all right crazy bless her little hearts and I always will remember these words my daddy said he said buddy when you're dead you're a dead pecker head I hope to prove them wrong that is when I get to heaven cuz I'm gonna have a cocktail vodka and ginger a ghetto smoke a cigarette this man mouth and it gets that pretty girl until the world yeah there's old man go into town yeah this old man you

Channel: John Prine - Topic

Views: 406,200

Rating: 4.7760892 out of 5

Keywords: John, Prine, The, Tree, of, Forgiveness, When, Get, to, Heaven

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Length: 3min 43sec (223 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 12 2018