You may ask me: Why do you serve the lord?
Is it just for heaven's gain?
Or to walk those mighty streets of gold?
And to hear the angels sing?
Is it just to drink from the fountain that never shall run dry?
Or just to live forever, ever and ever
In that sweet all by and by?

But if heaven never was promised to me
Neither God's promise to live eternally
It's been worth just having the lord in my life
Livin' in a world of darkness
But he brought me the light

If there were never any streets of gold
Neither a land where we will never grow old
Iit's been worth just having the lord in my life
Livin' in a world of darkness
But he brought me the light

Oh, he's been my closest friend down through the years
Every time I cry, you know, he dries all my tears
It's been worth just having the lord in my life
Livin' in a world of darkness
But he brought me the light
Livin' in a world of darkness
But he brought me the light
Livin' in a world of darkness
But he brought me the light