Tennessee Ernie Ford - Nearer My God To Thee lyrics

1. Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to thee; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 2. Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down Darkness be over me, my rest a stone; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to thee; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 3. There let the way appear, steps unto heaven; All that thou sendest me, in mercy given; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 4. Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to thee; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee! 5. Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly Still all my song shall be Nearer, my God, to thee; Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!