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