I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven And you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy philosopher himself, Will Rogers He said to me, he said "Tex, the boss Of the riders up here has kinda asked me to show you around Right over yonder's a couple of your ole compadres" My, was I glad to see 'em Carson Robison And the Mississippi Blue Yodeler, Jimmie Rodgers I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight He introduced me to Wiley Post And he showed me the Hall of Fame With all the gold guitars and fiddles a-hangin' on the wall Then he said, "Tex, step over this way By all your friends I know you'll want to see They're waitin' for you" And there they were Standin' side by side, smilin' at me Hank Williams and Johnny Horton Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins Hank Martin, and the rest I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight Then I asked him who else he expected Within the next, uh, oh say, a hundred years He handed me a large book covered with stardust Will Rogers called it The Big Tally Book In it were many names And each name was branded in pure gold I began to read some of them as I turned the pages Red Foley, and Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter Tex Ritter? heh, heh That's when I woke up And I'm sorry I did, because I dreamed I was there In a hillbilly heaven Oh, what a beautiful sight

My daddy told me always be strong son Don't you ever cry You find the pretty girls and then you love them Then you say goodbye I never dreamed that you would leave me But now you're gone I never dreamed that I would miss you Woman won't you come back home I never dreamed that you could hurt me And leave me blue I've had a thousand maybe more But never one like you I never dreamed I could feel so empty But now I'm down I never dreamed that I would beg you 'Cause woman I need you now It seems to me I took your love for granted It feels to me that this time I was wrong so wrong Oh Lord how I feel so lonely I say woman won't you come back home I tried to do what my daddy taught me But I think he knew Some day that I would find one woman like you I never dreamed that it could feel so good Lord That two could be one I never knew about sweet love So woman won't you come back home Oh baby won't you come back home

Forgive me if I'm pesimistic today But I seem to feel our love slipping away I have no special reason for feeling this way It must have been something I dreamed. Darling hold me close and chase away the ghost that tortures me so Kiss away my doubts until my poor heart shouts that you'll never go This feeling's not your fault you're sweet as can be I have faith in you I just like faith in me I'm afraid that I'll lose you then worried I'll be be Please let it be something I dreamed. Your words like conviction or do you suppose That I love you too much and I listen too close I know I'm too jealous and sometime it shows So it must have been something I dreamed. Darling hold me close and chase away the ghost that tortures me so Kiss away my doubts until my poor heart shouts that you'll never go This feeling's not your fault you're sweet as can be I have faith in you I just like faith in me I'm afraid that I'll lose you then worried I'll be be Please let it be something I dreamed...