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
'Cause Texas is as close
as I've been
New York couldn't
hold my attention
Detroit city couldn't
sing my songs
If tomorrow finds me
busted flat in Dallas
Then 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
Texas is as close
as I've been
I'd drive through all of hell
and back for Texas
Just to hear Willie Nelson
singin' country songs
That 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
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
Texas is as close
as I've been
'Cause Texas is as close
as I've been