Some folks think
they can sin all week
if they go to church on Sunday
Tell the Lord they will repent
but to sin again on Monday
They'll find out St. Peter knows the
things that they've been do ing
And when they reach the pearly gates
their souls already ruined
There's no back door to heaven,
no back door to heaven
There's no back door to heaven,
no, you gotta go into the pearly gates
If the devil's tempted you
with promises of riches
Just say no and turn your back,
you're better off diggin' ditches
Though the work is awful hard,
your hands are get
tin' calloused
When you reach that judgment day,
you'll be livin' in the palace
There's no back door to heaven,
no back door to heaven
There's no back door to heaven,
no, you gotta go in
through the burning gates
If everyone would send a whore
and watch their reputation
Satan would have to up him
with hand in his resignation
Will we go our evil way,
a -grumbling and complaining
Trying to find that old back door
that just ain't no explaining
There's no backdoor to heaven,
no backdoor to heaven
There's no backdoor to heaven,
no, you gotta go in through
the pearly gates
There's no backdoor to heaven,
no backdoor to heaven
There's no backdoor to heaven,
no, you gotta go in through
the pearly gates
There's no backdoor to heaven,
no backdoor to heaven
There's no back door to heaven,
no, you gotta go in through
the pearly gates
There's no back door to heaven,
no, you gotta go in through
the pearly gates