HOW LONG?
Elton Smith, Steve Israel and Larry Holder
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How Long?
CCLI # 3031669
Copyright © 1999 Elton Smith, Steve Israel and Larry Holder
http://songsofpraise.org/song.php?songid=134
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(INTRODUCTION)
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(VERSE 1)
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When
I was just a little child
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My
mama
said to
me,
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She said,
"child, don't you
ever be dis
cour-
aged.
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The
Lord provides your
every need,
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Be
patient while he grows the
seed,
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And
soon we will
join the harvest
song
of
joy".
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(Chorus 1)
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Out in the
fields we labor
eve-
ry
day
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And as we
share the Word we
often
say,
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"How
long, how
long till our
Lord ar
rives,
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And we are
taken to our
home
on
high?".
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(VERSE 2)
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My
mama taught me how to work
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She
taught me
how to
pray.
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She prayed,
"Lord, please have
mercy on Your
ser-
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Our
life is hard, our
labor long,
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But
through Your mercy
we are strong.
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bring us the
rest You promised
long
a-
go."
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(Chorus 2)
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How long, how
long, O Lord till
Your
re-
turn?
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Waiting for
You, O Lord, our
hearts do
yearn
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To
be with
You and Your
face to
see.
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How long, how
long, before You
set
us
free?
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How long O
Lord till Your
return?
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O Lord, we
pray You hear our
cry.
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We long to
be
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Finally
free,
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And plant our
feet in Para
dise.
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When
I was grown and on my own,
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Lord
called my
mama
home
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There to
live in that
mansion built in
Glo-
ry.
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One
day I'll see her
face again,
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The
gates of heav'n I'll
enter in.
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Praise God, no
longer will I
have
to
say:
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How long, how
long, O Lord till
Your
re-
turn?
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Waiting for
You, O Lord, our
hearts do
yearn
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We'll
keep the
faith till You
do ar
rive,
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Coming to
take us to our
home
on
high!
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We'll
keep the
faith till You
do ar
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Coming to
take us to our
home
on
high!
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Our home on
high!