You'll Be There

Hope is an anchor and love is a ship

Time is the ocean and life is a trip

You don't know where you're going, till you know where you're at

And if you can't read the stars, well, you'd better have a map

A compass and a conscience, so you don't get lost at sea

Or on some old lonely island where no one wants to be

From the beginning of creation, I think our maker had a plan

For us to leave these shores, and sail beyond the sand

And let the good light guide us to the waves and the wind

To the beaches in a world where we have never been

And we'll climb up on the mountain y'all, we'll let our voices ring

And those who've never tried it, they'll be the first to sing

Oh, my, my

I'll see you on the other side if I make it

And it might be a long hard ride, but I'm gonna take it

Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer

Let the weather take me anywhere

But I know that I want to go

Where the streets are gold 'cause you'll be there

Oh, my, my

You don't bring nothin' with you here, and you can't take nothin' back

I ain't never seen a hearse with a luggage rack

So I've torn my knees a-prayin', scarred my back from falling down

Spent so much time flying high till I'm face first in the ground

So if you're up there watching me, would you talk to God and say?

Tell him I might need a hand to see you both someday

Oh, my, my

So I'll see you on the other side if I make it

And it might be a long hard ride, but I'm gonna take it

Sometimes it seems that I don't have a prayer

Let the weather take me anywhere

But I know that I want to go

Where the streets are gold 'cause you'll be there

You'll be there

Oh, my, my

'Cause you'll be there

You'll be there

Oh, my, my