He Was In Heaven Before He Died Lyrics

Lyric discussion by CatHadMyTongue 

Cover art for He Was In Heaven Before He Died lyrics by John Prine

This song speaks to the closet redneck in me. I went hunting with my dad and some of his buddies when I was in 5th grade (my dad was no hunter). We were all on our stomachs in a duck blind at 5 am wearing camo and he decided it would be fun to give me some Red Man tobacco and after a few minutes I puked all over the place. He and his friends love to remind me of that.

John Prine has a place in my heart.