Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Old 97's
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Composer
Rhett Miller
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Salim Nourallah
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The bottom line's been snorted
The bottom card's been dealt
No one knows like you know right now
How truly bad it felt
[Verse 2]
All your life, you've wasted
On dreamin' 'bout the day
Worker bees kill off their queen
And carry all her eggs away
[Verse 3]
Oh, then if you die fearin' God
And painfully employed
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
[Verse 4]
Up north in Chicago
Where booze makes no one blush
Memories come back to you
In a double bourbon rush
[Verse 5]
Memories, they ain't all bad
And neither, my friend, are you
There is an argument, there must be some Heaven meant
For hearts that are half true
[Verse 6]
Oh, and if you spend your whole life
Rollin' horses into Troy
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
[Verse 7]
Roll on blacktop highway
Circles towards the sun
Springfield's in the distance
And that's the last big one
[Verse 8]
After that comes judgement
Oh, and judgment will be swift
You will be eliminated
But here's a parting gift
[Verse 9]
Oh, if you die fearin' God
And painfully employed
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
No, you will not go to Heaven
You'll go to Champaign, Illinois
Written by: Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller
