Preacher told me last Sunday morning, son you better start livin' right You need to quit the whiskey and the women and carryin' on all night So don't you wanna hear them call your name when you're standin' at the pearly gates I told the preacher man yes I do but I hope they don't call today I ain't ready Everybody wanna go to heaven, have a mansion up above the clouds Everybody wanna go to heaven, nobody wanna go now I said preacher maybe you didn't see me throw an extra twenty in the plate That's one for everything I did last night and one to get me through today Here's the tin to help you remember next time you got the good Lord's ear Say I'm comin' but there ain't no hurry, I'm havin' fun down here, don't you know that Everybody wanna go to heaven, get the wings and fly around Everybody wanna go to heaven but nobody wanna go now Someday I wanna see those streets of gold and get my head low But I wouldn't mind waitin' at least a hundred years or so Everybody wanna go to heaven, if it's the other place there ain't no doubt Everybody wanna go to heaven but nobody wanna go now Everybody wanna go to heaven, hallelujah let me hear you shout Everybody wanna go to heaven but nobody wanna go now I think I can speak with the crowd, nobody wanna go now Oh man, yeah man I know what you're talkin' man Everybody wanna get to heaven, not just me, everybody man The pearly gate man, oh yeah, oh yeah Thanks for watching!