I dreamed I was there in Hillbilly Heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight And I met all the stars in Hillbilly Heaven Oh, what a star spangled night
Last night I dreamed I went to Hillbilly Heaven And just as I arrived the old curtain lifted And there on stage stood Who else but Roy Acuff and Tex Ritter
They said, well, how you doing? Come on in here I know there's some folks you wanna see Over there's our newest member Your old friend Conway Twitty, say hello, darlin'
And there's gentleman Jim Reeves Singin' with heaven's choir Roger Miller, he just got here He's making everybody laugh
'Course you know Roy Orbison can sing Just as high as anybody here And Ernest Tubb can sing as low And Patsy Cline, well, bet she's the best singin' angel here
And Dottie West is probably the prettiest There's the old pea-picker, Ernie Ford Jimmy Rodgers, George Morgan, Hank Williams And the wandering boy, Web Pierce
The old honky tonker himself, Lefty Frizzell My goodness, what a group Would you just listen to Mother Mabel over there Pickin' the 'Wildwood Flower' with the angel band?
You know I personally think she's just about God's favorite And Marty Robbins, well, he's still gettin' more encores Than anybody else up here Just like he used to down on earth
Yeah, well there's Elvis, they still call him the king But we know they're not talking About the real king up here
I dreamed I went to Hillbilly Heaven Oh, what a star studded night
Then I ask Roy and Tex, I said, well Who do you think will be showin' up Say within the next 40, 50, 60 years?
They handed me a big tally book and in it I saw names like Johnny Cash George Jones, Merle Haggard, Don Gibson Mel Tillis, Farren Young, Kitty Wells
Some of the newer ones like Vince Gill and Garth Brooks 'Course they talked about Minnie Pearl The Judds, Tanya Tucker, Reba McEntire, Hank Jr
Oh, of course, Buck Owens, Roy Rodgers Gene Autry, Randy Travis and Willie Nelson There's old Chet, I said, well Where's Porter Wagoner's name? Oh, there it is
And then there was Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette And Dolly Parton, ooh, that's when I woke up
I dreamed I was there in Hillbilly Heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight And I met all the stars in Hillbilly Heaven Oh, what a star spangled night