Lyrics

LATELY, I'VE BEEN THINKIN, ABOUT HEAVEN
OF ALL THE FOLKS I HOPE TO SEE UP THERE
OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WHO HAVE CROSSED THE GREAT DIVIDE
HOPIN, THEY TOOK JESUS, AS THEIR LORD

LATELY, I'VE BEEN THINKIN, ABOUT JESUS
ABOUT THE ONE WHO SHED HIS BLOOD FOR ME
THANKFUL THAT HE DIED, FOR THE SINS OF YOURS AND MINE
THANKFUL, THAT HE'S WAITIN, FOR YOU AND ME

AND I KNOW, THAT I'M GOIN THERE SOME DAY
AND I KNOW, I'LL MEET JESUS, THIS I KNOW
AND I'M SURE IF YOU KNOW HIM TOO
HE'LL TAKE YOU HOME TO BE WITH HIM
BUT ONLY, IF YOU TAKE HIM AS YOUR LORD

SOMETIMES, I'M DISTRACTED BY TROUBLED WATERS
GATH'RING WITH THE CLOUDS, OF A STORM
FORETELLING OF THE TIMES, WHEN TIME WILL BE NO MORE
USH'RING IN THE COMING, OF MY LORD

BUT LATELY, MY ATTENTION IS ON JESUS
WHO AND WHAT HE'S COME TO MEAN TO ME
HE'S MY SAVIOUR LORD AND KING, AND MY HEART WELLS UP TO SING
EV'RYTHING I DO, IS MEANT FOR HIM

AND I KNOW, THAT I'M GOIN THERE SOME DAY
AND I KNOW, I'LL MEET JESUS, THIS I KNOW
AND I'M SURE IF YOU KNOW HIM TOO
HE'LL TAKE YOU HOME TO BE WITH HIM
BUT ONLY, IF YOU TAKE HIM AS YOUR LORD

YES I KNOW, THAT I'M GOIN THERE SOME DAY
AND I KNOW, I'LL MEET JESUS, THIS I KNOW
AND I'M SURE IF YOU KNOW HIM TOO
HE'LL TAKE YOU HOME TO BE WITH HIM
BUT ONLY, IF YOU TAKE HIM AS YOUR LORD
WON'T YOU TAKE HIM NOW TODAY, AS YOUR LORD