Dear lord i need a minute of your precious time
I got somethin' kinda heavy weighin' on my mind
You know there's a lotta things i don't understand
Like how you filled the oceans, made the mountains tall
Hear everybody's prayers, how do you get to them all?
I got a few myself, so if you can

Let me live, 'til i can't live no more
And let me love, that's what you made me for
And let me sing to a full dance floor
for the rest of my days
And let me die on a honky tonk stage

You helped me build this house i've been payin' off
Don't mean to sound ungrateful but it ain't home
It ain't smokey, loud and rowdy, and full of my friends
Let me be on the last line of set 'em up joe
When you tap me on the shoulder, say " son, let's go"
Lord if it matters at all that's how i'd like it to end
But 'til then

Let me live, 'til i can't live no more
And let me love, that's what you made me for
And let me sing to a full dance floor
for the rest of my days
And let me die on a honky tonk stage

You won't ever hear me want more money in the bank
My name up in lights and worldwide fame
Or pray for better looks in my older days
But it'd sure be nice, if when i close my eyes
I'm on a honky tonk stage
Behind a chicken wire cage