此曲美村歌手Ed Bruce人所合,於1977由其首行,曲得告示牌村榜第52名。次年,美村女歌手Tanya Tucker翻唱此曲,拿下了排行榜的第5名。
其,然人的版本在排行榜的成有差距,但未必代表Tanya的版本就一定是,其中也乎歌手的知名度、行的唱片公司及行等等因素,而最主要的是要看歌者人的喜好。
歌曲的容人有感的。始的是死後可能不去天堂,因不知那是否接牛仔?若否,那就他回到德州去吧!且德州又近在咫尺。不吸引他,在底特律不能唱他的歌 ( 底特律人口非裔多,不喜西部村歌曲。),就算日他在拉斯busted flat ( 一文不名?),他也不在乎,因知道自己是在家。有像是俗「金不如自己的狗」,也有「落根」的念想望。
Tanya有些版本歌中Merle Haggard改成了Willie Nelson,但我Ed Bruce唱的也不是Merle Haggard。
2021,Ed Bruce 自然死亡於田西州的Clarksville ( 克拉克斯 ),享81。未如歌曲中的望葬於德州,想是天堂已接他了。
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When I die, I may not go to heaven
'Cause I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't, just let me go to Texas
Texas is as close as I've been
New York couldn't hold my attention
Detroit City could not sing my song
If tomorrow finds me busted flat in Dallas
Well, I won't care, at least I'll know I'm home
When I die, I may not go to heaven
'Cause I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't, just let me go to Texas
Texas is as close as I've been
I'd ride through all of Hell and half of Texas
Just to hear Merle Haggard(?) sing a country ( cowboy?) song
Beer just ain't as cold in old Milwaukee
My body's here, but my soul's in San Antone
When I die, I may not go to heaven
'Cause I don't know if they let cowboys in
If they don't, just let me go to Texas
Texas is as close as I've been
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