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Heaven's Almost As Big As Texas Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
Heaven's Almost As Big As Texas
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Robert Lee Floyd
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Well he walked into the bar room ragged
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pants and an over
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When at first I saw him I
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thought he was a joke
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When he started preaching I
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almost dropped my beer
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I thought John The
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Baptist had walked in
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here
In his hand he held a bible and
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he had scary
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He could quote the scriptures
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without opening the book
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He wasn't to good looking he wouldn't
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drive the ladies wild
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But I'll have to say he
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damn sure had his
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style
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almost big as
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Texas
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And I'll bet you'll say Jesus looks a
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lot like
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Waylon
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when he plays
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there ain't no place to
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Well he preached about ten minutes then
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he gave the alter
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Eighty old drunks and four barmaids have
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their backs to the wall
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I held on to my barstool so hard my
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hands turned white
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He looked like
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he knew where I was that
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night
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He went out the back door and
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vanished into the
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It took a quart of Jim Bean to
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get me over the fright
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I don't know where he was going and I
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didn't catch his name
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But if I go to
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hell he won't be to
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Repeat #3 Cause he said...
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when he plays
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there ain't no place to
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Heaven's Almost As Big As Texas?
- The song Heaven's Almost As Big As Texas was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
