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Okkervil River – What are they doing in Heaven today? (2005) | Track profile | Dork

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Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy
What are they doing in Heaven today?

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What are they doing in Heaven today?

Release date: 14th July 2005

From Black Sheep Boy

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About This Track

"What are they doing in Heaven today?" is a track by Okkervil River, from the album Black Sheep Boy, released 14th July 2005. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

What are they doing in Heaven today?

What are they doing in heaven today?

Where sin and sorrow are all gone away

Peace abounds by the river they say

What are they doing there now?

I'm thinking of friends I used to know

Who lived and they suffered in this world below

If they’ve gone up to heaven then I'd like to know

What they doing there now?

What are they doing in heaven today?

Where doubt and sin are all gone away

Pеace abounds by the water thеy say

What are they doing there now?

There are some who are poor and often despised

They look up to heaven with tear blinded eyes

And some who are heedless, in death do they cry?

What are they doing there now?

What are they doing in heaven today?

Where doubt and sin are all gone away

Peace abounds by the river they say

What are they doing there now?

And what are they doing there now?

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Track details

From Black Sheep Boy

2005

Album

Black Sheep Boy

Release year

2005

—A Stone
—I'm In Love With Susan Smith
—Black
—Black Sheep Boy
—A Forest
—A Garden
—A Glow
—Another Radio Song
—Black Sheep Boy #4
—Get Big
—For Real
—Goodnight Irene
—In A Radio Song
—Knoxville Girl
—Oh the wind and rain
—No Key, No Plan
—Missing Children
—A King And A Queen
—Moonshiner
—Last Love Song For Now
—See See Rider
—Song Of Our So-Called Friend
—The Latest Toughs
—The Next Four Months
—Trouble in Mind
—What are they doing in Heaven today?
—Willow Tree
—So Come Back, I Am Waiting

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