O I wish I was in heaven, sittin down I wish the road we were taking Wasn't made for breaking down I wish those nights of pleasure And those days of pain Weren't so tightly bound And I wish I was in heaven, sittin down
They done kept me out here on this road so long Ah, my babe back home she finally said, "So long!" I try to call her on some old foreign telephone But she is not around And I wish I was in heaven, sittin down
O I wish I was in heaven, sittin down I wish the road we were taking Wasn't made for breaking down I wish those nights of pleasure And those days of pain Weren't so tightly bound And I wish I was in heaven, sittin down
I have been out here so long baby my back and my shoulders are tired And my mind, though sound, has found itself so wired But the wheels on this old thing They keep turning around and around And I wish I was in heaven, sittin down
O I wish I was in heaven, sittin down I wish the road we were taking Wasn't made for breaking down I wish these nights of pleasure And those days of pain Weren't so tightly bound And I wish I was in heaven, sittin down O I wish I was in heaven, sittin down