There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down When I hear the trumpet sound Gonna get up outta the ground 'Cause there ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down Go down yonder, Gabriel Place your foot on the land and sea But don't you blow that trumpet Until you hear from me There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down When I hear the trumpet sound I'm gonna get up outta the ground 'Cause there ain't no grave, no grave Gonna hold this body down I say: Look way over Jordan What do you think I see? I saw a band of holy angels And they're coming after me I cried: Meet me, meet me, Jesus Meet me in the middle of the air I'm gonna rise to meet my Lord And I'm gonna say goodbye down here There, ain't no grave, no no no no no no no Gonna hold this body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down When I hear the trumpet sound Gonna get up outta the ground 'Cause there ain't no grave, no grave Gonna hold this body down I cried meet me, meet me, Jesus Meet me in the middle of the air I'm gonna rise to meet my Lord And I'm gonna say goodbye down here There ain't no grave, oh no no no no Gonna hold this body down There ain't no grave, no Gonna hold this body down When I hear the trumpet sound I'm gonna get up outta the ground 'Cause there ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down One day, they'll carry me out to the graveyard Like my grandma Like my grandpa They'll lay this body down Don't cry for me Don't cry for me 'Cause on that resurrection mornin' We'll all get up out of the ground There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down There ain't no grave Gonna hold this body down When I hear the trumpet sound Gonna get up outta the ground 'Cause there ain't no grave, no grave Gonna hold this body down