Heaven By Then, performed by Brantley Gilbert and Blake Shelton ft. Vince Gill, appears on So Help Me God, Brantley Gilbert’s studio album released on November 10, 2011. It was also released as a radio single on the same date.
written by Brantley Keith Gilbert, Jake Mitchell, Michael Hardy, Hunter Phelps, Taylor Delmar Phillips, Robert Brock Berryhill, Randy Ennis Schlappi
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 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 Deere's are dinosaurs
When the last back forty gets sold
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
No, 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
Oh, let me go now
If I don't wake up tomorrow
Into 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 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