There's a city of light Where there cometh no night For the sun never sets in the sky In the Bible we're told That the streets are pure gold And a cool gentle river runs by I'm bound for that city God's holy white city Oh yes I am I'll never turn back To this world anymore anymore No matter how rough may be the way No matter how oft I stop to pray I'm bound for that city On that ever green ever green shore Little children will play And our hearts will be gay As we stroll through that city of gold No more dying up there No more sorrow to bear And nobody will be feeble and old Repeat Heaven will surely be worth it all Worth all the sorrows that here befall After this life with all its strife Heaven will surely be worth it all No matter how rough may be the way No matter how oft I stop to pray I'm bound for that city On that ever green ever green shore I'm bound for that city On that ever green ever green shore