They Tell Me

THEY TELL ME OF A LAND OF A WONDERFUL PLACE WHERE JESUS SHOWS HIS SMILING FACE AND THEY TELL ME THAT HERE IS NO NIGHT THEY TELL THAT THE HEART WILL NEVER MORE SIGH NOBODY THERE WILL EVER DIE AND THE SAINTS OF GOD WILL WALK IN WHITE Chorus THEY TELL ME OF A RIVER WHERE THE HEALING WATERS FLOW THEY TELL OF A CITY WHERE THE PRETTY FLOWERS GROW THEY TELL ME OF A PLACE WHERE COMES NO SORROW YONDER IN THAT LAND OF GOD'S TOMORROW THIS I KNOW IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO IT MAKES ME WANT TO GO THEY TELL ME ALL STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD LIKE JOHN FORESAW IN DAYS OF OLD AND THEY TELL ME THAT HERE IS NO NIGHT THEY TELL ME THAT THE LORD SITS ON HIS THRONE AND WE SHALL KNOW AS WE ARE KNOWNAND THE SAINTS OF GOD WILL WALK IN WHITE CHORUS THEY TELL ME IN THAT HOME ABOVE WE'LL WALK AND TALK IN PERFECT LOVE AND THEY TELL ME THAT THERE IS NO NIGHT THEY TELL ME THAT WE'LL HAVE NO BURDENS TO BEAR FOR SIN CAN NEVER ENTER THERE AND THE SAINTS OF GOD WILL WALK IN WHITE CHORUS