OF ALL THAT I THOUGHT HEAVEN COULD BE, IT'S ALL THAT I NEVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE
IN ALL MY YEARS UPON THE EARTH
IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME HOW MUCH I WAS WORTH.
GOD ALMIGHTY IN HIS DEEP AND
MERCIFUL LOVE CREATED JUST FOR ME A
PLACE HERE IN HEAVEN WITH HIM ABOVE
A BIG MANSION AND A BIG OLD SHADE TREE
WHERE WE CAN SIT AND I CAN PRAISE HIM YES JUST HIM AND ME
AND UPON MY ARRIVAL CHRIST HIMSELF WELCOMED ME
MY THOUGHTS WERE, ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO,
MY OH MY CAN THIS REALLY BE TRUE
I'M WALKING AROUND HEAVEN NOW AND I'M BRAND NEW.
THERE ARE NO ACHES OR PAINS
THAT WRACKED MY EARTHLY BODY WHERE EVERY DAY WAS THE SAME
I WAS TRAPPED AND COULD NOT SAY THAT YES
I HURT YESTERDAY AND I EVEN HURT TODAY,
BUT THE LORD OF HOSTS LOOKED DOWN FROM
HEAVEN AND DID NOT SEND GABRIEL,
BUT HE HIMSELF CAME AND DELIVERED ME,
HE LAYED HIS HANDS
ON MY ACHING BODY AND SAID BILLY COME WITH ME.
IN THAT INSTANT MY WEARY SOUL TOOK FLIGHT
I TOOK HIS HANDS AND STEPPED WITH HIM INTO THE LIGHT
MY BELOVED WIFE, MY SONS OF MY JOY BE TRUTHFUL AND KIND
TO ONE ANOTHER AND ONE MORE THING I DO EMPLOY
LOOK AFTER AND LOVE YOUR MOTHER WITH ALL YOUR HEART
BEGAN YOUR DAY'S THANKING JESUS LET HIM BE THE
THE ENDING AND ALWAYS LET HIM BE THE START.
GRAND BABIES YOU WERE THE LOVES OF MY YOUTH AND MY OLD AGE
I'LL BE WITH YOU JUST LOOK FOR ME IN OTHER WAY'S LIKE IN YOUR LAUGHTER
OR WHILE JUST LISTENING QUIETLY IN THE RAIN I'LL BE
IN THE MEMORIES THAT WILL FREE YOUR HEARTS OF PAIN
MY SISTERS WHO WOULD'VE WALKED THROUGH THE ANNALS
OF TIME TO SEE ABOUT ME REST WELL IN KNOWING HOW MUCH
I LOVED YOU AND HOW I SHALL WAIT FOR THEE
FOR ON THE DAY OF YOUR COMMING I ALONG WITH MAMA AND
ALL OUR LOVE ONES AT THE PEARLY GATES WE'LL STAND HAND IN HAND
GIVING GOD HIS PROPS CAUSE AFTER ALL HE'S THE MAN
YES ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO I'M TRULY THANKFUL FOR THE LIFE
I'VE LIVED AND IN MY HEART I TRULY TRIED TO LIVE AND GIVE THE BEST I HAD TO GIVE
BUT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO HOME UP ABOVE AND I NOW LEAVE YOU WITH ALL MY LOVE
SORROWING FAMILY AND FRIENDS WEEP NOT FOR ME JUST REMEBER ME WITH GLEE
FOR MY SOUL IS RESTORED IN HEAVEN AND IT'S ETERNALLY FREE
