I’ve told all my troubles goodbye
goodbye to each tear and each sigh
this world where I roam cannot be my home
I’m bound for that home in the sky.
I walk and I talk with my lord
I feast every day on his word
heaven is near and I can’t stay here
goodbye world goodbye.
Now don’t you weep for me when I’m gone
for I won’t have to leave here alone
and when I hear that last trumpet sound
my feet won’t stay on the ground.
I’m gonna rise with a shout gonna fly
gonna rise with my lord in the sky
heaven is near and I can’t stay here
goodbye world goodbye.
I won’t have the blues anymore
when I step across to that shore
and I’ll never pine, for I’ll leave behind
my heartaches and cares ever more.
A day maybe then goodbye
goodbye to each sorrow and sigh
heaven is near and I can’t stay here
goodbye world goodbye.
Now don’t you weep for me when I’m gone
for I won’t have to leave here alone
and when I hear that last trumpet sound
my feet won’t stay on the ground.
I’m gonna rise with a shout gonna fly
gonna rise with my lord in the sky
heaven is near and I can’t stay here
goodbye world goodbye.
