When I die

I may not go to heaven

'cos I don't know

if they let cowboys in

If they don't

just let me go to Texas

Texas is as close

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

at least I'll know I'm home

When I die

I may not go to heaven

'cos I don't know

if they let cowboys in

they don't

just let me go to Texas

Texas is as close I've been

I'd ride through

all of hell and half of Texas

Just to hear Willie Nelson

sing a country song

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

'cos I don't know

if they let cowboys in

If they don't

just let me go to Texas

Texas

is as close I've been

When I die

I may not go to heaven

'cos I don't know

if they let cowboys in

If they don't

just let me go to Texas

'cos Texas

is as close I've been

xas

is as close I've been