Lyrics
Spoken Intro
I want y'all to do us a favor
Y'all got a special invitation
To come and go with me
To the Promised Land, yeah
Chorus
Come and go with me
To the Promised Land
Come and go with me (Yeah!)
To the Promised Land
Don't you know that there will be peace over yonder
Over in the Promised Land
Verse 1
Joy bells will be ringing
In the Promised Land
Well, I say:
Joy bells will be ringing (Over there!)
In the Promised Land
Joy bells will be ringing (Oh!)
In the Promised Land
Then we can find joy over yonder
(Come on!)
Over in the Promised Land
Verse 2
Let me share something else
My mother, she'll be waiting
In the Promised Land
(How many of y'all got a mother gone on?)
Mother, she'll be waiting (Woah!)
In the Promised Land
Yeah, my mother, she'll be waiting
In the Promised Land
Don't you know that there will be joy over yonder
Over in the Promised Land
(Come on!)
Verse 3
Jesus, He's gonna wait for me, y'all
In the Promised Land
(How many of y'all going with me when I go?)
Jesus will be waiting
(Waiting for me, mister!)
In the Promised Land
Yeah, Jesus will be waiting (Oh!)
In the Promised Land
Don't you know that there will be joy over yonder
Over in the Promised Land
Call & Response / Breakdown
Over yonder (Over yonder)
There'll be peace (Over yonder)
Over yonder (Over yonder)
There'll be joy (Over yonder)
Oh, yonder (Over yonder)
Can I meet you? (Over yonder)
Over yonder (Over yonder)
When I get there (Over yonder)
I want to sit beside King Jesus (Over yonder)
I want to sit beside King Jesus (Over yonder)
I want to tell Him all about my troubles (Over yonder)
Tell Jesus all about my troubles (Over yonder)
How I've been climbing the hills and mountains (Over yonder)
Making my way to the crystal fountain (Over yonder)
And then all of God's sons and daughters (Over yonder)
We're gonna be drinking from the healing water (Over yonder)
Can I meet you? (Over yonder)
Can I meet you? (Over yonder)
Can I meet you? (Over yonder)
Oh, yonder (Over yonder)
Oh, yonder (Over yonder)
Oh, yonder (Over yonder, oh yeah)
Vamp / Shout
(Instrumental drive & choir vamp)
Angels will be singing
Joy bells will be ringing over there!
(Extended live praise break / musical shout)
Angels will be singing
Joy bells will be ringing over there!
(High-energy choir & band shout / vamp continues)
Outro
Praise Him!
Praise Him!