You may ask me: Why do you serve the lord? Is it just for heaven's gain? Or to walk those mighty streets of gold? And to hear the angels sing? Is it just to drink from the fountain that never shall run dry? Or just to live forever, ever and ever in that sweet all by and by? But if heaven never was promised to me Neither God's promise to live eternally It's been worth just having the lord in my life Livin' in a world of darkness But he brought me the light If there were never any streets of gold Neither a land where we will never grow old Iit's been worth just having the lord in my life Livin' in a world of darkness But he brought me the light Oh, he's been my closest friend down through the years Every time I cry, you know, he dries all my tears It's been worth just having the lord in my life Livin' in a world of darkness But he brought me the light Livin' in a world of darkness But he brought me the light Livin' in a world of darkness But he brought me the light