Heaven Is a Honky Tonk Songtext
von The Highwomen

All my heroes are going to heaven
All the junkies and the liars and the fools
All good-timin′ men will leave their voices on the wind
It's a kindness we cannot repay to them

There′s a choir singin' in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man
Mama, don′t you cry when they′re dead and gone
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo


I won't say their names
They′ve been said enough in vain
Just the memory and the thousand years of smiles
The lines around your eyes
Tell me you're not far behind
But I can see the livin′ free was worth the while

There's a choir singin′ in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man
Mama, don't you cry when they′re dead and gone
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo

Happiness, they say is a jukebox that always plays
And a lonesome heart ain′t lonely anymore
Every soul that dare passed on is now covered in neon
They dance with silver wings on wooden floors

There's a choir singin′ in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man
Mama, don′t you cry when they're dead and gone
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo