Tonalité : F major
Verse 1
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One day a little girl was
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sitting on her doorstep
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And an ambulance drove
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up to her house
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And they went in and got her mother
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And as they came out
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The mother reached over
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and kissed the little girl,
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and she said, I'm going away,
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but I'll be back after a while.
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The father looked down at the little girl,
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and he said, I want you to sit here
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on these steps until I come back
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an d after a while,
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along about sundown,
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the father came up the street
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with his head bowed down
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an d the little girl saw him coming
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and she ran to meet him
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And when she got to him, she said,
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Father, where is mother?
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The father just stood there
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an d the tears began to fall down.
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She said it again, she said, Father,
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where is my mother?
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The father looked at the little girl
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and he hated to break the bad news to her.
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But this is what he told her
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He said a little while ago
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Your mother went to heaven
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The little girl stood there
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So brokenhearted
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She didn't know what to do
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But some words came to her
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And she began to say these things
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And this is what she said
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How far is heaven?
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She said, I want to know.
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I want to know.
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She said, the reason why I want to know
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is my mother.
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My mother is a man.
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I want to go. I want to go.
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Well, the father had to give the little girl
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a little answer.
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He didn't know what to say right then,
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but as he kept on walking
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toward the house,
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he thought of something to say.
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And these are the words that he told them,
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and this is what he said.
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You can't go by airplane.
You can't go by train.
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go by train.
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He said you got to wait until the Savior.
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got to wait until the Savior.
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One of these old days.
One of these days.
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A few days later,
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the little girl was on her way to school,
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And when she walked up to the corner,
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she saw the husband at the door up there,
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and it had somebody's body in it
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on that way to the graveyard.
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And just before it pulled off,
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she said, I believe
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I sent a message to my mother,
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and this is what she said. I
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know you'll get to heaven
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She said, before I do
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Before I do
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She said,
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this is what I want you to tell my mother
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Just tell my mother
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Tell my mother I've called you
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You know, just a few days later
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The little girl was sitting on
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those same steps
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And she thought about how
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Not too long ago
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While she was sitting there
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The herd came up and got her mother
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And she looked up toward heaven
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And she saw a cloud
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And she thought she saw an image of God
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And do you know what she said?
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As she looked up toward heaven,
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she said these words.
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She said, this is not what you knew.
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Swing down your chariot
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and let me ride.
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Let me ride.
Oh, Lordy.
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She said,
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this is not what you let me ride.
My mother is waiting.
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I'll be waiting for the other side
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