will it be my uncle ronnie, i barely knew him when he left   he was only nineteen when he crashed that red corvette   will it be my great grandmother with some cookies that she baked   oh, i wonder who's gonna greet me at the gate      will it be my goodfriend matthew who spent his life in a chair   will he coming running to me the day i get up there   or that bully back in high school i told my mama that i hate   oh, i wonder who's gonna greet me at the gate      will it be a choir of angels with some heavenly refrain   or saint peter like i've always heard with his big book of names   will it be my old dog, bailey, who died when i was eight   oh, i wonder who's gonna greet me at the gate      (instrumental interlude)      i pray it's not my wife, my daughter or my son   cause that would mean the good lord took em before my time was done   tonight, they're all sound asleep as i lie here wide awake   and i wonder who's gonna greet me at the gate      we're brought into this world with god only knows how many years   we crawl, we walk, we run, we dance   we cry a million tears   and in a flash our lives are over   and we're face to face with fate   oh, i wonder who's gonna greet me at the gate   who's gonna greet me at the gate