When I Get To Heaven Lyrics - John Prine

When I get to heaven, 

I'm gonna shake God's hand 

Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand 

Then I'm gonna get a guitar 

And start a rock-n-roll band 

Check into a swell hotel 

Ain't the afterlife grand? 

And then I'm gonna get a cocktail 

Vodka and ginger ale 

Yeah, I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long 

I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl 

'Cause this old man is goin' to town 

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Then as God as my witness 

I'm getting back into show business 

I'm gonna open up a nightclub called "The Tree of Forgiveness" 

And forgive everybody ever done me any harm 

Well, I might even invite a few choice critics 

Those syph'litic parasitics 

Buy 'em a pint of Smithwicks 

Ad smother 'em with my charm 

'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail 

Vodka and ginger ale 

Yeah I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long 

I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl 

Yeah this old man is goin' to town 

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Yeah when I get to heaven 

I'm gonna take that wristwatch off my arm 

What are you gonna do with time 

After you've bought the farm? 

And them I'm gonna go find my mom and dad, 

And good old brother Doug 

Well I bet him and cousin Jackie are still cuttin' up a rug 

I wanna see all my mama's sisters 

'Cause that's where all the love starts 

I miss 'em all like crazy 

Bless their little hearts 

And I always will remember these words my daddy said 

He said: Buddy, when you're dead, you're a dead pecker-head 

I hope to prove him wrong 

That is, when I get to heaven 

'Cause then I'm gonna get a cocktail 

Vodka and ginger ale 

Yeah I'm gonna smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long 

I'm gonna kiss that pretty girl on the tilt-a-whirl 

Yeah this old man is goin' to town 

Yeah this old man is goin' to town