A Cabin In The Hills Lyrics - Merle Haggard

I dreamed I saw Jesus last night 

seated on a mountain in the moonlight. 

His hands held a key to a cabin 

that cabin I'd dreamed of all my life. 

Money makes the rules we have to live by. 

A home is just a place they send the bills. 

God knows why we work and what we pray for. 

So He's building me a cabin in the hills. 

Who knows He might be finished in the morning. 

So I lie awake and take no sleeping pills. 

God knows I'm not happy in a mansion. 

So He's building me a cabin in the hills. 

I live my lonesome life down in a valley with the factories, the rivers, and the mills. 

Sometimes I can almost hear his hammer 'cause he's building me a cabin in the hills. 

Someone has to keep the home fire burning. 

So I sweat and get the harvest in the field. 

Life on earth won't be the same hereafter, so he's building me a cabin in the hills. 

I live my lonesome life down in a valley with the factories, the rivers and the mills. 

Sometimes I can almost hear His hammer 'cause He's 

building me a cabin in the hills. He's building me a cabin in the hills.