it'll be a long time coming

it's part of life I don't like

saying goodbye to old friends

and the end of life

and what we know

it'll be a long time coming, boy

till we meet again



well it's time to say goodbye

and all the things we've said and cried

through our lives

you will be on my lips

it'll be a long time coming, boy

till we meet again



into the earth we go and we dive

into the spirit world

where our hearts lie

we go down into the sea

of eternal life

they say there is a light 

and we're freed, some say



we will find a better place, they say

some day

we will finally meet some day

we will sing in joy

we will sing amazing grace

and say we loved to know

long time coming, a long time

will come some day

we will meet on that glorious day

long time coming, a long time

it'll come some day