Don’t stand around my grave and cry

“Don’t stand around my grave and cry” by Don Fortner

1. When I have breathed my final breath
      And dropped this robe of flesh in death,
    When my appointed work is done
      And my allotted time is gone,
    Don’t stand around my grave and cry –
      I’ll not be there; I did not die.

2. My Savior came to call me home,
      And I with Him to heav’n have gone!
    Now I am free from sin and pain,
      And with the glorified I reign!
    Don’t stand around my grave and cry –
      I’m glorified! I did not die!

3. Seated with Jesus on His throne,
      Glorified by what He has done,
    I am a trophy of His grace;
      Rejoicing, I behold His face.
    Don’t stand around my grave and cry –
       I am with Christ! I did not die!

4. My body lies beneath the clay
      Until the resurrection day;
    In that day when Christ comes again,
      Body and soul unite again!
    Don’t stand around my grave and cry –
      Rejoice with me! I did not die!