How can I Keep from Singing

C              F
My life flows on in endless song;
               Am     G
Above earth's lamentation,
           C                    F
I hear the sweet, tho' far-off hymn
             Am     C
That hails a new creation;
              Am               F
Thro' all the tumult and the strife
            C      Em
I hear the music ringing;
            Am          F
It finds an echo in my soul
           Am         C
How can I keep from singing?
 
              C                 F
What tho' my joys and comforts die?
              Am      G
The Lord my Saviour liveth;
               C               F
What tho' the darkness gather round?
             Am        C
Songs in the night he giveth.
               Am             F
No storm can shake my inmost calm
                C      Em
While to that refuge clinging;
                 Am                 F
Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,
           Am         C
How can I keep from singing?
 
           C                     F
I lift my eyes; the cloud grows thin;
           Am    G
I see the blue above it;
           C                 F
And day by day this pathway smooths,
               Am         C
Since first I learned to love it;
               Am                   F
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
            C      Em
A fountain ever springing;
                Am              F
All things are mine since I am his?
            Am         C
How can I keep from singing?
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