Gone on Before

Gone On Before

Contact information:
Larry Cordle - (615) 830-4765
mightycord@aol.com

Songwriter(s): Larry Cordle/Ronnie Bowman
Publisher(s): Wandachord Music, BMI/Sony Tree Music, BMI

Lead vocal-Larry Cordle
Tenor vocal-Carl Jackson
High baritone vocal-Val Storey
Guitars: Clay Hess
Bass: Brennan Hess

V 1:
Friends I’m home safe, the hard journey’s over
I send you this word, to give you some peace
For me all is well, now that I’ve seen Jesus
His healing is perfect don’t weep for me

Chorus:
I’m not really gone, just gone on before
Not dead but alive, for evermore
Just look around, you can be sure
I’m not really gone, just gone on before

V 2:
I’m in the songs, that you still love singing
I’m in the laughter you share and the love in you hearts
I’m in the wind, that whispers at midnight
And in the great beyond, when you look at the stars

Bridge:
I can’t come back to you
But you can still come to me
There are no tears in Heaven
And once you get here then you’ll see

Repeat Chorus:


I co-wrote this song with one of my favorite people, singer/hit songwriter extraordinaire, Ronnie Bowman.
Some of you will remember it from the “Pud Marcum” record a few years ago. However, on this version, the verses are a bit different. I changed the lyric a bit in order to sing it at my dear friend Ann Soyars’ wake, when we lost her, a few years ago. The first version was written after Ronnie’s mother & my mother passed away. The song was inspired by a dream I had of Mom.
Ronnie, who was still aching from losing his mother as well,
dug right in with me & we gutted out. We finally finished it in what turned out to be an extremely emotional experience for both of us.
For awhile I wondered if I’d ever be able to sing it live but honestly, the hardest hill I had to climb was singing it for my family the first time. After I got through that, I knew it could sing it for anyone.
I believe God Almighty gave this song to Ronnie & me as a sign of hope that we would meet our mothers again in Heaven, when our days here are done. It has become one of my most requested songs at live shows & people are constantly asking me if I have it on an all gospel CD...Now I do.