[00:23.32]my dearest friend, if i sing you this song
[00:28.62]will you hear it from up in heaven?
[00:34.67]i'm still down here in this ugly place
[00:40.00]but up there's where i'm heading
[00:45.53]when they tell you i'm coming please wait for me
[00:51.27]in front of the house that i'll live in
[00:57.07]and when Jesus walks me up to the door
[01:02.07]i can finally see you again
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[01:08.42]it's true that my heart was broken in two
[01:13.62]on the day i said goodbye to you
[01:19.63]and i carry an ache inside of my chest
[01:24.88]until Jesus makes everything new
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[01:33.78]those that we loved that left before us must have been thrilled beyond words
[01:44.51]when you ran through the gates and into the kingdom
[01:49.68]and up to the feet of my Lord
[01:56.24]once sick and frail, once weak and pale
[02:01.85]now made perfect and new
[02:06.53]no more aching and crying, no more breaking and dying
[02:13.01]finally home in the arms of who loves you
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[02:18.39]when you run and you play in the light of the Son
[02:24.35]hold me in your heart and mind
[02:30.15]i don't know how and i don't know when
[02:35.43]but i'm leaving this cold place behind
[02:41.32]how my heart aches to think of the day
[02:46.38]when my faith shall finally be sight
[02:52.11]when the crowds will part and cheer as i come
[02:58.18]as i walk through toward the light
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[03:06.60]and my father, my love, my Jesus, my king
[03:12.05]in his glory, seated on his throne
[03:17.59]he'll take me in his arms as the crowds cheer and sing
[03:22.85]and say "well done child, welcome home"
[03:28.58]and he'll walk me to the house that he built
[03:34.13]with the father's love and the carpenters touch
[03:40.12]and you'll run to me and i'll hold you again
[03:45.44]my friend, i've missed you so much
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