(Ed Bruce/Bobby Borchers/Patsy Bruce)



When I die I may not go to heaven

I don't know if they let cowboys in

If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!

Texas is as close as I've been.



New York couldn't hold my attention

Detroit City couldn't sing my song

If tomorrow finds me busted flat in Dallas

I won't care, 'cause at least I'll know I'm home.



When I die I may not go to heaven

I don't know if they let cowboys in

If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!

Texas is as close as I've been.



I'd ride through all of Hell and half of Texas

Just to hear Willie Nelson sing a country song

Beer just ain't as cold in old Milwaukee

My body's here, but my soul's in San Antone.



When I die I may not go to heaven

I don't know if they let cowboys in

If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!

Texas is as close as I've been.



When I die I may not go to heaven

I don't know if they let cowboys in

If they don't just let me go to Texas, Boy!

Texas is as close as I've been.