Walking In The King's Highway

The Carter Family

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    We shall see the desert as a rose,
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    walking in the King's Highway,
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    there'll be singing where salvation goes,
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    walking in the King's Highway.

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There's a highway there and a way,
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where sorrows shall flee away,
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and the light shines bright as the day,
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walking in the King's Highway.

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    We shall see the glory of the Lord,
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    walking in the King's Highway,
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    and behold the glory of his word,
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    walking in the King's Highway.

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There's a highway there and a way,
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where sorrows shall flee away,
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and the light shines bright as the day,
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walking in the King's Highway.

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    There the rain shall fall upon the ground,
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    walking in the King's Highway,
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    and the springs of water shall be found,
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    walking in the King's Highway.

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There's a highway there and a way,
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where sorrows shall flee away,
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and the light shines bright as the day,
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walking in the King's Highway.

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    No unclean thing shall pass o'er here,
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    walking in the King's Highway,
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    just the ransomed ones without a fear,
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    walking in the King's Highway.

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There's a highway there and a way,
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where sorrows shall flee away,
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and the light shines bright as the day,
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walking in the King's Highway.