spent the last year in a bottle blamin god for everything if she could see the shape i m in she d be so ashamed stumbled in a church last sunday mornin a preacher preachin bout redemption while i heard it all before this time i finally listened i just gotta go to heaven if i m going to see her again hell i ll fight the devil til st peter lets me in from here on out it s straight and narrow a little more king james and no jim beam i just gotta go to heaven cause she s there waiting on me been livin my life like there s no tomorrow oh and praying that there s not but this road to hell that i been on keeps pushin us further apart i know guys like me they seldom make it oh past those shiny gates but i swear one day i ll walk those streets of gold looking for her angel face i m gonna change  i just gotta go to heaven if i m going to see her again hell i ll fight the devil til st peter lets me in from here on out it s straight and narrow a little more king james and no jim beam i just gotta go to heaven cause she s there waiting on me