momma said son someday you ll learn this lesson hard times never last each day is a blessing keep your eyes on that kingdom waiting down the road across that river jordan everybody s got to everybody s got to go home heaven only know way up in the sky to that sweet bye bye everybody s got to go the day my brother died i thought about a song my momma use to sing before she passed on about our savior jesus calling his children home he leave no one behind everybody s got to go everybody s go to go home heaven only know way up in the sky to that sweet bye bye everybody s go to go i know i m not a young man but i look back over my youth and think of those who saved me as i wondered from the truth i m not afraid of dying when it come my time i ll know i ll meet you over yonder everybody s go to go everybody s go to go heaven heaven only knows way up in the sky to that sweet bye bye way up in the sky to that sweet bye bye everybody got to go everybody got to go everybody heaven only know to that sweet bye bye sweet bye bye