soon this life will all be over and our pilgrimage will end soon we ll take our heavenly journey yeah and be at home with friends again heaven s gates are standing open waiting for our entrance there some sweet day we re going over and all the beauties there to share that s why i m saying just a little while to stay here just a little while to wait just a little while to labor in the path that s always straight oh just a little more of sorrow in this low and sinful state then we ll enter heaven s portals sweeping through those pearly gates just a little while to stay here just a little while to wait oh just a little while to labor in the path that s always straight oh just a little more of sorrow in this low and sinful state then we ll enter heaven s portals sweeping through the pearly gates