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Willie Nelson - Heaven is Closed

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From his 2018 album, "Last Man Standing". I claim no rights to any of the music or images in this video. All rights remain with their respective owners.
Lyrics:

[Instrumental intro]

[Chorus:]
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I'll just stay where I am
So many people, well it sure is lonely
But who even gives a damn?
I hear someone callin', "Come in from the craziness"
But there ain't nobody around
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I think I'll just stay where I am

Heaven left for California on the midnight plane
Hell stayed behind so I wouldn't be lonely
For reasons that's hard to explain
Could it be hell is heaven and that heaven is hell
And each one are both the same thing?
Well I hope heaven finds what she's lookin' for
And that hell treats us both just the same

[Chorus]
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I think I'll just stay where I am
So many people, well it sure is lonely
But who even gives a damn?
I hear someone callin', "Come in from the craziness"
But there ain't nobody around
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I think I'll just stay where I am

Let's burn one for those still livin' in hell
Let's burn one for those who think they're in heaven
Burn one for everyone in the whole world
And anyone stuck in-between

[Chorus:]
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I'll stay where I am
So many people, well it sure is lonely
But who even gives a damn?
I hear someone callin', "Come in from the craziness"
But there ain't nobody around
Heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I'll just stay where I am

Yeah, heaven is closed and hell's overcrowded
So I think I'll just stay where I am

[Instrumental outro]

Songwriters: Buddy Cannon and Willie Nelson
Music Producer: Buddy Cannon
Video Producer: Eleanor Plant


This is one of those songs whose meaning largely depends on what you, the listener, bring to it. What stands out then is that the meaning of "truth", like the concepts of heaven and hell, depends largely on your point of view.

Special thanks go to The Interesting World, a YouTube channel that provided the time-lapse sequences of Time Square in New York. Visit their channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpOIyT5riOCim-wXyvETrFg
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