Hank locklin
When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
Therell be room to spare as we enter there therell be room for you and for me
For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room
Twelve hundred miles its length and breadth that four square city stands
Its gem set walls of jasper shine they're not made by human hands
One hundred miles its gates are wide in that great city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room on other side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
Therell be room to spare as we enter there therell be room for you and for me
For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room
That four square city I shall see when dawn will fall in time
Sometimes it seems I almost hear the bells of glory chime
This will be mine when I shall pass into that city fair
With fifty miles of elbow room on other side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
Therell be room to spare as we enter there therell be room for you and for me
For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room
Sometimes I'm cramped and crowded here and long for elbow room
I long to reach for altitude where the fair all flowers bloom
This will be mine when I shall pass beyond the gates so fair
With fifty miles of elbow room on either side to spare
When the gates swing wide on the other side just beyond the sunset sea
Therell be room to spare as we enter there therell be room for you and for me
For the gates are wide on the other side where the flowers ever bloom
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room
On the right hand on the left hand fifty miles of elbow room
