Early in the morning, when the church bells toll
The choir's gonna sing, and the hearse will roll
On down to the graveyard, where it's cold and gray
And then the sun's gonna shine through the shadows when I go away
Don't want no sorrow, for this old orphan boy
I don't want no crying, only tears of joy
I'm gonna see my mother, gonna see my father
And I'll be bound for glory in the morning when I go away
I'll be lifted up to the clouds on the wings of angels
There's only flesh and bones in the ground where my troubles will stay
See that storm over yonder, it's gonna rain all day
But then the sun's gonna shine through the shadows when I go away
(I'm going home - Lift me up) When I go away
(I'm going home - Lift me up) No more crying
And I'll be bound for glory in the morning when I go away
All my kin who love me, all my friends who care
Look beyond the dark clouds we're gonna meet up there
When they lay me in the cold ground, bow your heads and pray
And I'll be bound for glory in the morning when I go away
And then the sun's gonna shine through the shadows when I go away
And I'll be bound for glory in the morning when I go away