Well, why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? Well, why should my heart feel lonely? And long for heaven and home
Yeah, when Jesus is my potion A constant friend is He His eye is on the sparrow And I know He watches over me
Yeah I sing, I sing because I'm happy Yeah I sing, I sing because I'm free, oh no You know His eye is on, on the sparrow And I know He's watching over me
You know I sing, I sing because I'm happy And I sing, oh because I'm free His eye is on the sparrow And I know, and I know I know He watches over me, yeah yeah
Some bright morning when this life is over I, I will fly away To that home on God's celestial shore I will fly away
Oh, I will fly away, oh glory I will fly away Oh, when I die Hallelujah by and by You know I will fly away When I die Hallelujah by and by I will fly away
Soon this life will all be over And our pilgrimage will end Soon we'll take our heavenly journey Yeah, and be at home with friends again
Heaven's gates are standing open Waiting for our entrance there Some sweet day we're going over And all the beauties there to share That's why I'm saying
Just a little while to stay here Just a little while to wait Just a little while to labor In the path that's always straight
Oh, just a little more of sorrow In this low and sinful state Then we'll enter heaven's portals Sweeping through those pearly gates
Just a little while to stay here Just a little while to wait, oh Just a little while to labor In the path that's always straight
Oh, just a little more of sorrow In this low and sinful state Then we'll enter heaven's portals Sweeping through the pearly gates
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long way from home A long way from home, mm mm
Sometimes I wish that I could fly Like a bird up in the sky Oh, sometimes I wish I could fly Fly like a bird up in the sky Such a long way from home Such a long way from home
Sometimes I feel like freedom is near Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
Sometimes I feel like freedom is near But we're so far from home You know we?re so far from home
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long way from home Oh such a long way from home I?m long way from home Such a long way from home
I started out for heaven Such a long time ago For the world of temptation Made my journey hard and slow
I turned to worldly pleasures But I only found pain and woe I'm back on the road to the city And I'll never turn back no more No, no, no more, no more, no, no more
Gonna keep on trying Till I reach the other shore
Wind may blow, storm may rise Wind may blow me, Lord, side to side I'll never turn back to the city No, I'll never turn back no more
Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back
Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back
Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back
Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back Never turn back, never turn back
You know they told me somethin' 'bout They're talkin' 'bout me, oh really I don't mind They try to stop and block my progress all of the time
Well, all the mean things you said don't make me feel bad I can't miss a friend Lord, that I never had I've got Jesus, Jesus and that's enough
Understand see, you're talkin' 'bout the great emancipator Oh, and a heart regulator, Jesus is, oh Jesus is He'll make my way brighter, my burden lighter Yes He will, oh yes He will
Well now, you may scorn me and turn your back on me I got God's arm wrapped all around me I got Jesus, Lord Jesus, and that's enough
[Incomprehensible] He save me and He fought me And He taught me all this, my Shepard, He's my God I can feel Him, oh fighting by my side
I got Jesus and that's enough I got Jesus and that's enough I got Jesus and that's enough I got Jesus and that's enough
Yeah, yeah, you can scorn me and turn your back on me God's got His arms wrapped all, all around me [Incomprehensible] and that's enough Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, ooh ooh
When the angel of death comes down after you Can you smile and say that you have been true? Can you truthfully say with your dying breath That you're ready to meet the angel of death?
In the great book of John, you're warned of the day When you'll be laid beneath the cold clay The angel of death will come from the sky And claim your first soul when the time comes to die
When the lights all grow dim and the dark shadows creep When your loved ones are gathered, gathered to weep Can you face them and say with your dying breath That you're ready to meet the angel of death?