Waiting for the Passport

Solo

I am wait­ing

only wait­ing

I am wait­ing ev­ery day

For my pass­port to that coun­try

Where the pure and ho­ly stay;

Duet

Where the air is al­ways balmy

And the sky is al­ways clear

And from my­ri­ad harps and voic­es

Music falls up­on the ear.

Waiting! wait­ing! wait­ing ev­ery day

For my pass­port to that count­ry

Where the pure and ho­ly stay.

Solo

Life has brought me much of sor­row

Weary toil

and hea­vy loss

And my feet oft slipped and fal­tered

While I bore sin’s hea­vy cross;

Duet

But I found the Rock of Ag­es

All my hopes on Him I cast

And He proves a sure foun­da­tion

That up­holds me to the last.

Solo

Now my pil­grim­age is ended

All my la­bor is com­plete

Fast the sands of time are slip­ping

From be­neath my fee­ble feet;

Duet

But with calm and trust­ful spirit

And a heart aglow with love

I am wait­ing for my pas­sport

To that bet­ter world above.

Waiting! wait­ing! wait­ing ev­ery day

For my pass­port to that count­ry

Where the pure and ho­ly stay.

Solo

Life has brought me much of sor­row

Weary toil

and hea­vy loss

And my feet oft slipped and fal­tered

While I bore sin’s hea­vy cross;

Duet

But I found the Rock of Ag­es

All my hopes on Him I cast

And He proves a sure foun­da­tion

That up­holds me to the last.

Solo

Now my pil­grim­age is ended

All my la­bor is com­plete

Fast the sands of time are slip­ping

From be­neath my fee­ble feet;

Duet

But with calm and trust­ful spirit

And a heart aglow with love

I am wait­ing for my pas­sport

To that bet­ter world above.