‘Spirit in the Sky’ is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and contains lyrics about the afterlife, making several references to Jesus, although Greenbaum is Jewish.

The afterlife is the belief that an essential part of an individual’s identity or Consciousness continues to exist after the death of the body.

According to various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of the individual that lives on after death may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit.

The Sky, heaven, Tian, Jannah, Valhalla, or the Summerland, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, saints, or ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live.

According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to the Sky in the afterlife.

When i die and they lay me to rest
Gonna go to the place that’s best
When they lay me down to die
Goin on up to the spirit in the sky

Goin on up to the spirit in the sky
That’s where i’m gonna go when i die
When i die and they lay me to rest
I’m gonna go to the place that’s the best

Prepare yourself, you know it a must
Gotta have a friend named Jesus
So you know that when you die
It’s gonna recommend you to the spirit in the sky

Goin on up to the spirit in the sky
That’s where you’re gonna go when you die
When i die and they lay me to rest
I’m gonna go to the place that’s the best

Never been a sinner, i’ve never sinned
I’ve got a friend named jesus
So you know that when i die
It’s gonna set me up with the spirit in the sky