When number three is just a number and Hank is just a name When trucks don't sound like thunder and nobody prays for rain When you don't hear "yes, sir," "yes, ma'am," or "Jesus" on FM Hell, I hope I'm in Heaven by then No, I don't wanna go today, but I don't wanna live Down here at a place that thinks that place don't exist If there comes a day this country's somewhere country don't fit in Hell, I hope I'm in Heaven by then When they pave all the dirt roads and John Deeres are dinosaurs When the last back forty gets old and young boys don't open doors When you can't hunt a white tail and keep what you reel in Well, I hope I'm in Heaven by then Oh, I don't wanna go today, but I don't wanna live Down here at a place that thinks that that place don't exist If there comes a day this country's somewhere country don't fit in Hell, I hope I'm in Heaven by then Y'all, let me go now If I don't wake up tomorrow To a world that I don't know Y'all don't cry for this old boy It's just my time to go And I don't wanna go today, but I don't wanna live Down here at a place that thinks that place don't exist If there comes a day this country's somewhere country don't fit in Hell, I hope I'm in Heaven by then Hell, I hope I'm in Heaven by then