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Heaven Is a Honky Tonk Lyrics
All my heroes have gone to heaven
where all them saints wear flaming shoes
the junkies and the whores are behind them pearly doors
i guess i'm going to go to heaven too
now all my heroes have gone to heaven
where all them richeous joes take to shoveling coal
the killers and the cons
the pushers and the pawns
with halos, wings just hovering over paths of gold
so mama don't you cry
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
now all my heros have gone to heaven
the liars and the gamblers and the fools
the drunkards and the thieves
all wearing silk upon their sleeves
and every gal is like a silver pearl in bloom
so mama don't you cry
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
so mama don't you cry
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
and heaven is a honky tonk
where all them saints wear flaming shoes
the junkies and the whores are behind them pearly doors
i guess i'm going to go to heaven too
where all them richeous joes take to shoveling coal
the killers and the cons
the pushers and the pawns
with halos, wings just hovering over paths of gold
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
the liars and the gamblers and the fools
the drunkards and the thieves
all wearing silk upon their sleeves
and every gal is like a silver pearl in bloom
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
when i'm dead and gone
cause jesus loves his sinners
and heaven is a honky tonk
and heaven is a honky tonk
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This is the Austin City Limits version of the song, but there's also live versions which substitute the line "the pushers and the pawns" for "the pussies and the johns".
On ACL he describes he was inspired to write this after seeing Townes Van Zandt perform about three months before his death. A few months after that, Johnny Cash died and this song was born.
Just one mistake in the lyrics on this one I believe. I believe its "let all them saints wear flaming shoes" and "let all them righteous joes take to shoveling coal"....not "where".
anyway This is a beautiful song and I prefer the ACL version for sure.
amazing song