When I Get Where I'm Going

(Rivers Rutherford/George Teren)

Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton



When I get where I'm going

On the far side of the sky

The first thing that I'm gonna do

Is spread my wings and fly.



I'm gonna land beside a lion

And run my fingers through his mane

Or I might find out what it's like

To ride a drop of rain.



Chorus:

Yeah, when I get where I'm goin'

There'll be only happy tears

I'll shed the sins and struggles

I have carried all these years

And I'll leave my heart wide open

I will love and have no fear

Yeah when I get where I'm goin'

Don't cry for me down here.



I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy

And he'll match me step for step

And I'll tell him how I missed him

Every minute since he left

And then I'll hug his neck.



Chorus:

Yeah, when I get where I'm goin'

There'll be only happy tears

I'll shed the sins and struggles

I have carried all these years

And I'll leave my heart wide open

I will love and have no fear

Yeah, when I get where I'm goin'

Don't cry for me down here.



So much pain and so much darkness

In this world we stumble through

All these questions I can't answer

So much work to do.



But when I get where I'm goin'

And I see my maker's face

I'll stand forever in the light

Of his amazing grace

Yeah, when I get where I'm goin'

Oh, when I get where I'm goin'

There'll be only happy tears

Hallelujah

I will love and have no fear

When I get where I'm goin'

Yeah, when I get where I'm goin'...