Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? (Hallelujah Version)

[Verse 1]

You tell me there are streets of gold and angels in the air

And while all that's fine and dandy and I'm sure it's nice up there

There's just one thing that I need to know before I settle down

Can I take my hounds to Heaven? Can I hunt on God's ground?

Now you say if I quit drinking and try to toe the line

I can make it up to glory at the end of my life

And while whiskey's hard to throw away, it's somethin' I'd try to do

If I could spend forever runnin' hounds and treein' coons

[Chorus]

If I can't take my hounds to Heaven, if I can't hunt on God's land

I'd rather load my dog box up and go to Hell with all my friends

I will wake up in the mornin' and I'll follow you to town

If I can take my hounds to Heaven, if I can hunt on God's ground

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]

Now you say if I quit smokin' and my rough and rowdy ways

We can hold hands forever on streets of gold someday

But the only way I could stand it now, and I hate to say it's true

When you give me a hard time, I can do what I wanna do

[Chorus]

If I can't take my hounds to Heaven, if I can't hunt on God's land

I'd rather load my dog box up and go to Hell with all my friends

And I will wake up in the mornin' and I'll follow you to town

If I can take my hounds to Heaven, if I can hunt on God's ground

If I can take my hounds to Heaven, if I can hunt on God's ground