HONKY-TONK HEAVEN

Lyrics and music by Winston Apple

We are all sinners it is true
God gave us Ten Commandments and I keep breaking one or two
It’s hard to make it through this life without doing a little sinning
So I take the time from time to time to pray for forgiveness
I ask the Lord to save me a place in Honky-tonk Heaven

Momma tried to warn me but I didn’t listen
She said, “Son, lay off of the whiskey and those wild and wicked women.”
Well, that was good advice, but it proved to be a little hard to take
It’s a lot more fun to be bad sometimes than to be good for goodness’ sake
What can I say?  I pray that I will be forgiven
I pray the Lord is saving me a place in Honky-tonk Heaven

Well just around the corner from the Pearly Gates 
You’ll find Honky-tonk Heaven, it’s a run-down place
But it’s good enough for a good old boy like me
The streets ain’t paved with gold, the angels don’t wear white
But the joint is rocking day and night
And every song on the juke box is downright heavenly
I want to spend eternity in Honky-tonk Heaven

Yeah, for so long the road I’m on has been paved with good intentions
I have strayed from the straight and narrow far too many times to mention
Maybe I’ve raised a little hell, but that don’t mean that’s where I wanna go
I keep praying that I’m gonna reap something better than what I have sown
I believe He’s heard my prayers, I believe that I have been forgiven
I believe the Lord is saving me a place in Honky-tonk Heaven

Well just around the corner from the Pearly Gates
The little lost lambs all find their way
To a half-way house for true believers who just can’t stop sinning
When the angels spread their wings and sing 
And the joint gets to rocking, it’s a crazy scene 
It’s close enough to Heaven for a good old boy like me
I want to spend eternity in Honky-tonk Heaven
I want to spend eternity in Honky-tonk Heaven

© Gary Winston Apple, 2008.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.



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