When I Go Away

[Verse 1]

Early in the morning

When the church bell 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

[Verse 2]

Don't want no sorrow

For this old orphan girl

Don't want no crying

Only tears of joy (Ooh)

Gonna see my mother

Gonna see my father

And I'll be bound for glory in the morning

When I go away

[Bridge]

I'll be lifted up to the clouds

On the wings of an angel

There's only flesh and bones in the ground

Where my troubles will stay, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

See the storm over yonder

It's gonna rain all day, uh-huh

But then the sun's gonna shine through the shadows

When I go away

[Bridge]

(I'm going home)

No more trouble

(I'm going home)

No more crying

(I'm going home)

No more trials

(I'm going home)

Home to meet my worries in the graveyard

(I'm going home)

No more trouble

(I'm going home)

No more crying

(I'm going home)

No more trials

(I'm going home)

Home to meet my worries in the graveyard

Home to meet my troubles in the graveyard

Home to meet my trials

And I'll be bound for glory in the morning

When I go away

[Verse 4]

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

(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

[Bridge]

(I'm going home)

No more trouble

(I'm going home)

No more crying

(I'm going home)

No more trials

(I'm going home)

Home to meet my worries in the graveyard

(I'm going home)

No more trouble

(I'm going home)

No more crying

(I'm going home)

No more trials

(I'm going home)

Home to meet my worries in the graveyard

Home to meet my troubles in the graveyard

Home to meet my trials

And I'll be bound for glory in the morning

When I go away

And the sun's gonna shine through the shadows

When I go away

[Outro]

When I go away

When I go away

(When I go away)

When I go away

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When I go away

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When I go away

(When I go away)

When I go away

(When I go away)

When I, hey, hey, go away