[00:02.50]How Can I Keep From Singing[00:03.63]My life flows on in endless song[00:09.51]above earth's lamentation,[00:14.64]I hear the real, though far-off hymn[00:22.58]that hails a new creation[00:29.99]Through all the tumult and the strife[00:36.30]I hear that music ringing,[00:41.57]It sounds an echo in my soul..[00:49.19]How can I keep from singing?[00:57.72]what though the tempest round me roars,[01:04.60]I know the truth, it liveth.[01:09.06]what though the darkness 'round me close,[01:15.74]songs in the night it giveth.[01:22.13]No storm can shake my inmost calm[01:28.82]while to that rock I'm clinging.[01:35.86]Since love is lord of heaven and earth[01:42.55]how can I keep from singing?[01:49.94]When tyrants tremble sick with fear[01:55.72]and hear their death knell ringing,[02:02.76]when friends rejoice both far and near[02:12.18]how can I keep from singing?[02:19.39]In prison cell and dungeon vile[02:25.29]our thoughts to them are winning,[02:31.04]when friends by shame are undefiled[02:38.20]how can I keep from singing?[02:47.90]