We are tossed and driven on the restless sea of time Somber skies and howling tempests oft succeeds the bright sunshine In the land of perfect day, when the mists have rolled away We will understand it better by and by By and by, when the morning come All the saints of God, together at home We will tell the story, how we'll overcome We will understand it better, by and by ♪ Trials dark on every hand, and we can not understand All the ways that God will lead us to that blessed Promised Land He will guard us with his eye, and we'll follow 'til we die And we'll understand it better, by and by By and by, when the morning come All the saints of God, together at home We will tell the story, how we'll overcome We will understand it better, by and by ♪ We are often destituted, all the things that life demand Want of shelter and of food, thirstys hills and barren land We are trusting in the Lord, and according to his Word We will understand it better, by and by By and by, when the morning come All the saints of God, together at home We will tell the story, how we'll overcome We will understand it better, by and by