| I'm going to leave this country | I'm going to leave this country |
| Got nothing here to hold me | Got nothing here to hold me |
| Don't want to settle down | Don't want to settle down |
| I brought nothing with me | I brought nothing here with me |
| Nothing to take away | Got nothing to take away |
| What I found in this world, | What I found in this old world |
| I'm going to leave it stay, | I'm going to leave it stay |
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| For I've got a great big mansion | For I've got a great big mansion |
| I've got a place to go | In a place I've got to go |
| Where I'm going to live forever | Where I'm going to live forever |
| Got a Lord that tells me so | Got a Lord that tells me so |
| I've got to see that mansion | Now I've got to see that mansion |
| Hear the angels singing round | Join the angels singing round |
| The great white throne of glory | That great white throne in glory |
| Got to wear that robe and crown | Got to wear my robe and crown |
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| I'm going to take a journey | Now when I take this journey |
| I'm going to go to stay, | I'll go there to stay |
| When I leave this country | Gladly leave this country |
| For that land that's far away, | For that land that's far away |
| Getting tired of traveling | I am so tired of traveling |
| Of running to and fro, | Of running to and fro |
| Got to get ready for Jesus | I know the Lord is coming |
| Just got to be ready to go, | And I must be ready to go |
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| Got nothing here to hold me | Got nothing here to hold me |
| Don't have long to stay, | No longer care to stay |
| Got that bye-bye feeling that | Just living for that moment |
| I want to go away, | When my Lord calls me away |
| Now I've got to get ready | Now is the time to be ready |
| Won't do to hold the line, | For He will not hold the line |
| Just fall in step with Jesus | I must fall in step with Jesus |
| Just got to be ready on time, | And I must be ready on time |
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| I've got to quit this worrying | No more time for worrying |
| Got to quit feeling blue, | No time for feeling blue |
| Got to keep on believing, | Just keep on believing |
| Got to keep praying to, | I'm keeping on praying, too |
| Now I've got to get in a hurry, | Time is short; so I must hurry |
| 'Twill never do to be late, | This journey will not wait |
| Got to be ready to travel, | I'll be traveling on with Jesus |
| On that trip to the pearly gate, | On that trip to the pearly gates |
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| Got to see the gate swing open, | Now when the gate swings open |
| Got to be so near, | I want to be so near |
| Got to hear when they call me, | I can hear them when they call me |
| Got to answer, "I am here." | And can answer I am here |
| Got to know I made it safely, | Got to know I made it safely |
| Got to know I paid the toll, | And that I have paid the toll |
| Got to see the book laid open, | When the book of life is opened |
| Got to see my name on the roll, |
To see my name upon the roll |
