TODAY I RETURNED
BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS
BACK TO MY OLD
CABIN HOME
BUT THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE TO GREET ME
FOR THEY'D ALREADY
MOVED OUT AND GONE
THEY'D MOVED
TO A FAR AWAY CITY
WHERE NO MORTAL MAN
HAS EVER TROD
FROM A CABIN
TO A MANSION
IN HEAVEN
WHOSE BUILDER
AND MAKER IS GOD
I OPENED UP THE DOOR
TO THE CABIN
STEPPED INSIDE
TO SEE WHAT I COULD
SEE
EVERYTHING
HAD CHANGED
IT WAS SO DIFFERENT
NOT THE SAME WAY
THAT IT USED TO BE
STRANGERS
HAD OCCUPIED
THE CABIN
OF ANOTHER FAITH
IT WAS SO PLAIN TO SEE
SO I WONDERED
IF THEY'D MAKE IT
TO THAT CITY
THAT CITY JESUS BUILT
FOR YOU AND ME
THERE'S TWELVE GATES
OF PEARL
TO THAT CITY
MY FATHER'S HOUSE
IS MADE
WITH PURE GOLD
THERE'S ROOM ENOUGH
FOR ALL
IN HIS MANSION
I WANT ALL MY FRIENDS
DOWN HERE TO GO
JESUS IS THE LIGHT
OF THAT CITY
HE SHINES BRIGHTER
THAN THE SUN
FROM HIS THRONE
MOM AND DAD
IS PLANNING A REUNION
JUST AS SOON
AS THEIR LITTLE
CHILDREN
ALL GET HOME
4 BAR
BREAK
EACH DAY I GAZE UP
TOWARDS THE HEAVENS
AND WONDER
HOW LONG IT WILL BE
WHEN I'LL GET TO GO
TO THAT CITY
WHERE MY LOVED ONES
ARE WAITING FOR ME
I LONG TO KNEEL DOWN
BEFORE MY SAVIOR
AND THANK HIM FOR ALL
HE'S DONE FOR ME
HE SUFFERED
AND GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR RANSOM
SO ALL OF HIS LITTLE
CHILDREN
COULD GO FREE
THERE'S TWELVE GATES
OF PEARL
TO THAT CITY
MY FATHER'S HOUSE
IS MADE
WITH PURE GOLD
MOM AND DADDY
THEY ARE PLANNING
A REUNION
JUST AS SOON
AS THEIR
LITTLE CHILDREN
ALL GET HOME