When I Get to Heaven

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
 Then as God is 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
 And 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
 
 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
 Then as God is 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
 And 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