Kenny Price - Steal Away Lyrics

Steal away steal away steal away to Jesus steal away steal away home

I ain't got long to stay here

I was walkin' into Savannah passed the church decayed and dim

And there's slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn

A sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew

Till I found myself environed in a little negro pew

Down front sat a young couple nearly wild

On the altar was a coffin and in the coffin was a child

Row of sad old negro preacher at a little wooden desk

With a manner grandly offered with the countless grotesque

And he said now don't you be weepin' for this pretty bitty clay

For the little boy who lived there he's done gone and run away

And he's doin' very finly and he appreaciated your love

But he's sure enough father want him in the large house up above

Now he didn't give you that baby not by a hundred thousand miles

He just think you need some sunshine he lend him for awhile

And he let you love and keep till your hearts were bigger grown

And those silver tears you've shed they're just interest on the lawn

So my poor dejected mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest

And don't go criticize no one that knows the best

He gave us many comforts and he has the right to take away

To the Lord be praised in glory now and forever let us pray

My Lord calls me he calls me by the thunder the trumpets sound within my soul

I ain't got long to stay here I'm gonna steal away home