How Can I Keep From Singing
Misc Traditional
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My life flows on in endless song above earth's lamentation
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I hear the real, though far off hymn...that hails a new creation
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Through all the tumult and the strife...I hear it's music ringing
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It sounds an echo in my soul, how can I keep from singing?
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What through the thempest loudly roars, I hear the truth, it liveth
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What though the darkness round me close, songs in the night it giveth
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No storm can shake my inmost calm...while to that rock I'm clinging
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Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?
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I lift my eyes, the cloud grows thin, I see the blue above it
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And day by day this pathway clears, since first I learned to love it
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The peace of God restores my soul, a fountain ever springing
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All things are mine since I am loved...how can I keep from singing?