I
IF I LEAVE THIS WORLD OF
SORROW
SOMETIME BEFORE YOU DO
JUST LOOK FOR ME IN
HEAVEN
AND WE'LL TALK THE LONG AGES THROUGH
BUT IF AT
FIRST YOU FAIL TO SEE ME
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I'LL
BE
THANKING CHRIST MY SAVIOR
FOR SAVING A WRETCH LIKE
ME.
II
BUT IF YOU SHOULD REACH THAT
CITY
BEFORE MY TIME HAS COME
PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO
GREET
WHEN MY RACE DOWN HERE IS RUN
JUST WAIT FOR I'LL
SOON BE COMING
ACROSS LIFE'S MISTIC SEA
I'LL TELL YOU
NOW MY BROTHER
JUST WHERE TO WAIT FOR
ME.
CHORUS
DON'T WAIT NEAR THE GATES OF
PEARL
DON'T WAIT ON THE STREETS OF GOLD
DON'T WAIT BY
THE WALLS OF JASPER
NOR AMONG THE MANY SITES UNTOLD
FOR
THE PRECIOUS HOLY ONE TO SEE
AND THERE I'LL BE THROUGH THE
COUNTLESS AGES
WAIT FOR ME AT JESUS'
FEET.
