Farther Along

Farther along we'll know all about it

Farther along we'll understand why

So cheer up my brothers

Live in the sunshine

We'll understand this, oh, by and by

Tempted and tried I wondered why

The good man dies, bad man thrives

And Jesus cries, 'cause He loves 'em both

We're all castaways in need of rope

Hanging on by the last threads of our hope

In a house of mirror full of smoke

Confusion illusions I've seen

But where did I go wrong?

I sang along to every chorus of the song

That the devil wrote like a piper at the gate

Leading mice and men down to their fate

Some will courageously escape

The seductive voice with the heart of faith

While walking the line back at home

There's so much more to life

Then we've been told

It's full of beauty that will unfold

And shine like you struck gold, my wayward son

The deadweight burden weighs a ton

Go down to the river and let it run

Wash away all the things you've done

Forgiveness, alright

Farther along we'll know all about it

Farther along we'll understand why

So cheer up my brothers

Live in the sunshine

We'll understand this all by and by

Oh, yeah

La la la la

La la

But still I get hard pressed on every side

Between the rock and a compromise

Like truth and a pack of lies fighting for my soul

I got no place left to go

'Cause I got changed by what I've been shown

There's more glory than the world has known

Keeps me rambling on

And skipping like a calf loosed from it's stall

I'm free to love once and for all

And even when I fall I get back up

Through the joy that overflows my cup

Heaven filled me with more than enough

Broke down my levees and my bluffs

Let the flood wash me

And one day when the sky rolls back on us

Some rejoice and the others fuss

'Cause every knee must bow and tongue confess

The son of God is forever blessed

His is the Kingdom and we're the guests

So put your voice up to the test

Sing, Lord, come soon

Ah, yeah

Farther along, we'll know all about it

Farther along, we'll understand why

So cheer up my brothers

Live in the sunshine

We'll understand this all by and by

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