Raven Dove

Album: Halos & Horns (2002)
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  • (Dolly Parton)

    There will come a day when sorrow fades away,
    And anguish and heartache shall ease,
    No mothers cryin', no soldiers dyin',
    And turmoil and misery shall cease.

    The hungry shall be fed, the aimless shall be led
    And sad eyes will no longer weep,
    The last shall be first, through heaven he'll burst
    With his heavenly host from the East

    Weapons to plowshares, hate turns to love,
    Descending from heaven he'll sweep down to us
    In radiant splendor; oh, won't it be sweet
    When the raven of darkness turns into a white dove of peace
    (Raven dove)

    Oh, there will come a day when I'll fly away
    Forever to be in his keep
    Eternal life in the sweet by and by
    When raven dove, raven dove speaks

    When lambs walk with lions, a child tames the beast
    Nations shall gather and bow at his feet
    And loved ones shall rise up from their earthly sleep
    And he'll separate all the chaff from the wheat.
    Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, how sweet
    When the raven of darkness turns into a white dove of peace

    Raven dove, behold he cometh in the clouds
    And every eye shall see him
    Sweet bird, sweet bird of peace
    Raven Dove
    Writer/s: DOLLY PARTON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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