New Jerusalem

NEW JERUSALEM
By Ray Cardwell, RACMAC Music, ASCAP and Danny Roberts

Verse 1
GONNA BE A NEW HEAVEN, GONNA BE A NEW EARTH,
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
ALL OF GOD’S CHILDREN WHO SHARE THE NEW BIRTH
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
NO MORE SORROW AND NO MORE TEARS.
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
NO MORE DEATH OR NUMBERED YEARS.
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)

CHO:
FOUR SQUARE LONG AND FOUR SQUARE WIDE,
TWELVE GATES AND A WALL, SO HIGH.
GATES ARE Pearl AND THE STREETS ARE GOLD,
AND IT SHINES LIKE A JEWEL FROM THE GLORY OF THE LORD.

Verse 2
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY FLOWS THE RIVER OF LIFE
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
THAT FLOWS FROM THE THRONE OF GOD, OUR LIGHT.
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)

A TREE OF LIFE STANDIN’ ON EACH SIDE
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
THE FEAR IS GONE; GOD’S SAINTS ABIDE
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)

CHO

Verse 3
YOU WANNA GO THERE, DRINK THE WATER OF LIFE,
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
AND FOLLOW THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
THE TIME WILL BE QUICK WHEN HE COMES AGAIN
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)
HE’S THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END
(LIVIN’ IN NEW JERUSALEM)

CHO