We’ll Understand It Better By And By (Live) - Gaither

Driving through West Virginia And I've seldom been thinner With that chip on my shoulder And this past year I got so much older Lookin' back over my life Spent the most of it tongue tied And I wish I'd had more time Listenin' to you speak your mind Now I'm thinkin' about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? Thinkin' about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force for me? Drinkin' coffee black as iron And I couldn't be much higher Without fallin' out of my chair I've been so numb for so many years Now I'm thinkin' about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? Thinking about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? And it's so easy To be blinded by the light To feel lonely in the night This blowing in the breeze babe I got dust in my eyes And rust in my mind I'll be home come next spring Won't you say you love me later, by and by Looking back over my life Spent the most of it tongue tied Pullin' my belt tight It's just me and the stars tonight Two fingers and a tight line Keep my head above the alpine Just wish I'd had more time Listenin' to her speak her mind Thinking about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? Thinking about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? Thinking about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force? Thinking about her everyday On my mind atypical way Are you a life force for me?

There's a land that is fairer than day And by faith we can see it afar And the father Waits over the way To prepare us a dwelling place there In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore To our bountiful father above We will offer our tributes of praise For the glorious gift of his love And the blessings that hallow our days In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore In the sweet by and by We shall meet on that beautiful shore We shall meet on that beautiful shore

Well children by and by when the morning comes All the saints of God together at home We will tell the story of how we've overcome And we'll understand it better by and by Trials dark on every hand and we cannot understand All the ways God will lead us To the blessed promised land He will guide us with his eye And we'll follow till we die And we'll understand it better by and by Well children by and by when the morning comes All the saints of God together at home We will tell the story of how we've overcome And we'll understand it better by and by Temptation's hidden snares often take us unaware And our hearts are made to bleed For some thoughtless word or deed And we wonder why the test when we try to do our best But we'll understand it better by and by By and by when the morning comes All the saints of God together at home We will tell the story of how we've overcome And we'll understand it better by and by And we'll understand it better by and by

Moving in and out of the shadows. It's no easy mission, Holding on to how I picture you. Showing only bits and pieces, Till the tide betrays you, And your empty allocution. Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of humility. Searching your eyes for the saint is an act of futility. Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace of it. Searching your eyes for humility. Searching your eyes for a hint or a trace, I'm still searching, searching. Showing only bits and pieces, Till the light betrays you, And your empty allocution. Rode the Piper by and down the river. Carcass crippled underneath, The pounding waves of adoration. Pied Piper float on down the river. Bloated carcass, crippled knee, The weight of adoration. Moving in and out of the shadows. It's no easy mission, Holding on to how I picture you.

I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better It's been long enough since I caught a break Everything around me is too hard to take And all these feelings should just go away Go away Cause I've been around for a long time It should be easier by now Just give me something Oh anything I want I'll be better I vow Cause I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better Cause I've been around for a long time It should be easier by now Just give me something Oh anything I want I'll be better I vow Better than now Cause I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better I don't wanna be sad anymore I think it's about time it got a little better

I didn't come here to ask You for anything I just came to talk with you Lord You've answered a million prayers or more That I forgot to thank You for I just came to talk with You Lord Maybe tomorrow there'll be trouble and sorrow And a thousand teardrops may fall But until I face tomorrows task I have no special favour to ask I just came to talk with you Lord How many times Lord Have troubles brought me down to my knees But I just came to talk with you Lord I have no selfish motive in mind Just want to thank you for all the other times I just came to talk with you Lord Maybe tomorrow there'll be trouble and sorrow And a thousand teardrops may fall But until I face tomorrows task I have no special favour to ask I just came to talk with you Lord I just came to talk with you Lord

The holy hills of Heaven call me To mansions bright across the sea Where loved ones wait and crowns are given When the hills of home keep calling me This house of flesh is but a prison Bars of bone hold my soul But the doors of clay are gonna burst wide open When the angel sets my spirit free I'll take my flight like a mighty eagle When the hills of home start calling me I see loved ones over yonder Tears are gone and hearts are free And from the throne king Jesus beckons Oh the hills of home are calling me This house of flesh is but a prison Bars of bone hold my soul But the doors of clay are gonna burst wide open When the angel sets my spirit free and I'll take my flight like a mighty eagle When the hills of home start calling me When the hills of home start calling me This house of flesh is but a prison Bars of bone hold my soul But the doors of clay are gonna burst wide open When the angel sets my spirit free and I'll take my flight like a mighty eagle When the hills of home start calling me When the hills of home start calling me

Just as I am without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come The service is nearing an end The choir is singing, 'Just As I Am', And now as the old song is played People at the altar Are kneeling down to pray Some are finding mercy Forgiveness for their sin Some are fighting battles And they're struggling to win The time has come To give them to the Lord That's what the altar is for "That's what this altar is for You don't have to carry Those burdens anymore There's a light in the darkness There's a love that's true And Jesus is waiting He is waiting here for you Go quickly now Before they close the door That's what the altar is for" A father is praying with his son A mother kneels beside them Thanking God they've come An old man Is standing there in tears Giving up a part of him That he's held back for years Hearts are being broken Lives are being changed And those who call upon Him Will never be the same The time has come To give in to the Lord That's what this altar is for "That's what this altar is for You don't have to carry Those burdens anymore There's a light in the darkness There's a love that's true And Jesus is waiting He is waiting here for you Go quickly now Before they close the door That's what this altar is for" "That's what this altar is for You don't have to carry Those burdens anymore There's a light in the darkness There's a love that's true And Jesus is waiting He is waiting here for you Go quickly now Before they close the door And you can give your burdens to the Lord, That's what this altar is for"

Oh Lord, you brought us from a mighty long way A mighty long stay in the wilderness Oh Lord, you brought us through the thick and thin Through the fire and wind, to a better place You brought us out, to bring us in Oh Lord, you brought us from a mighty long way A mighty long stay in the wilderness Oh Lord, you brought us through the thick and thin Through the fire and wind, to a better place You brought us out, to bring us in All those years longing for a land We were starved, much too weak to stand And they took their toil, tyrants of the soul With no place we could call our own With no song, Lord, you heard our groan And you made a way where there was no way Oh Lord, you brought us from a mighty long way A mighty long stay in the wilderness Oh Lord, you brought us through the thick and thin Through the fire and wind, to a better place You brought us out to bring us in Out of chains and the bonds of man Out of death and the curse of sin Through the desert sand to the promise land Oh Lord, you brought us from a mighty long way A mighty long stay in the wilderness Oh Lord, you brought us through the thick and thin Through the fire and wind to a better place You brought us out Oh Lord, you brought us from a mighty long way A mighty long stay in the wilderness Oh Lord, you brought us through the thick and thin Through the fire and wind to a better place You brought us out to bring us in