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What Are They Doing In Heaven Today

from One True Vine by Mavis Staples

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I'm thinking of friends whom I used to know,
Who lived and suffered in this world below
But they've gone off to heaven, but I want to know
What are they doing there now?

Oh, what are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
But what are they doing there now?

There's some whose hearts
were burdened with care
They paid for their moment with fighting and tears
But they clung to the cross trembling in fear
But what are they doing there now?


What are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
What are they doing there now?


And there's some whose bodies were full of disease
Physicians and doctors couldn't give them much ease
But they suffered 'til death brought a final release
But what are they doing there now?


What are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
What are they doing there now?


There's some who were poor and often despised
They looked up to heaven with tear-blinded eyes
While people were heedless and deaf to their cries
But what are they doing there now?


What are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
What are they doing there now?

(organ solo)

What are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
What are they doing there now?

credits

from One True Vine, released June 25, 2013
Jeff Tweedy - Guitars, bass, Marxophone, Mellotron, organ
Spencer Tweedy - Drums
Paul Von Mertens - clarinet, bari saxophone
Andrew Baker - bass trumpet, euphonium
Donny Gerrard - backup vocals
Kelly Hogan - backup vocals
Tiffany "Makeda" Francisco - backup vocals
Horn arrangements by Jeff Tweedy and Paul Von Mertens
Public Domain, arranged by Jeff Tweedy, Words Ampersand Music,
administered by BMG (BMI)

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