[Lyric] How Can I Keep From Singing? (The Duras Sisters)

My life flows on in endless song above earth's lamentation
I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation
Through all the tumult and the strife I hear that music ringing
It sounds an echo in my soul, how can I keep from singing?

What though the tempest loudly roars, I hear the truth it liveth
What though the darkness round me close, songs in the night it giveth
No storm can shake my inmost calm while to that rock I'm clinging
Since Love is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?

While tyrants tremble, sick with fear, and hear their death knеlls ringing
When friends rejoicе, both far and near, how can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile our thoughts to them are winging
When friends by shame are undefiled, how can I keep from singing?

My life flows on in endless song above earth's lamentation
I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails a new creation
Through all the tumult and the strife I hear that music ringing
It sounds an echo in my soul, how can I keep from singing?