[00:02.50]How Can I Keep From Singing
[00:03.63]My life flows on in endless song
[00:09.51]above earth's lamentation,
[00:14.64]I hear the real, though far-off hymn
[00:22.58]that hails a new creation
[00:29.99]Through all the tumult and the strife
[00:36.30]I hear that music ringing,
[00:41.57]It sounds an echo in my soul..
[00:49.19]How can I keep from singing?
[00:57.72]what though the tempest round me roars,
[01:04.60]I know the truth, it liveth.
[01:09.06]what though the darkness 'round me close,
[01:15.74]songs in the night it giveth.
[01:22.13]No storm can shake my inmost calm
[01:28.82]while to that rock I'm clinging.
[01:35.86]Since love is lord of heaven and earth
[01:42.55]how can I keep from singing?
[01:49.94]When tyrants tremble sick with fear
[01:55.72]and hear their death knell ringing,
[02:02.76]when friends rejoice both far and near
[02:12.18]how can I keep from singing?
[02:19.39]In prison cell and dungeon vile
[02:25.29]our thoughts to them are winning,
[02:31.04]when friends by shame are undefiled
[02:38.20]how can I keep from singing?
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