A Wonderful Time Up There

Album: Pat Boone's Greatest Hits (1958)
Charted: 7 4
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  • Well, now, everybody's gonna have religion and glory
    Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there
    Oh, glory hallelujah
    Brother, there's a reckonin' a-comin' in the mornin'
    Better get ready 'cause I'm givin' you the warnin'
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there

    Now listen, everybody 'cause I'm talkin' to you
    The Lord is the only one to carry you through
    Ya better get ready 'cause I'm tellin' ya why
    The Lord is a-comin' from his throne on high

    Goin' down the valley, goin' one by one
    We're gonna be rewarded for the things we've done
    How ya gonna feel about the things you'll say
    On that judgment day?

    Well-a, well-a, well-a
    Well, now, everybody's gonna have religion and glory
    Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there
    Oh, glory hallelujah
    Brother, there's a reckonin' a-comin' in the mornin'
    Better get ready 'cause I'm givin' you the warnin'
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there

    Now ya get your Holy Bible in the back of the book
    The book of Revelations is the place ya look
    If you understand it and you can if you try
    The Lord is a-comin' from his throne on high

    A-readin' in the Bible 'bout the things he said
    He said he's comin' back again to raise the dead
    Are ya gonna be among the chosen few?
    Or will you make it through?

    Well-a, well-a, well-a
    Everybody's gonna have religion and glory
    Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there
    Oh, glory hallelujah
    Brother, there's a reckonin' comin' in the mornin'
    Better get ready 'cause I'm givin' you the warnin'
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there

    Well-a, well-a, well-a
    Everybody's gonna have religion and glory
    Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there
    Oh, glory hallelujah
    Brother, there's a reckonin' a-comin' in the mornin'
    Better get ready 'cause I'm givin' you the warnin'
    Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there Writer/s: Lee Roy Abernathy
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1958 {May 16th} "A Wonderful Time Up There"* by Pat Boone peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on the United Kingdom's National Music Express chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Who's Sorry Now" by Connie Francis...
    Between 1955 and 1962 the Jacksonville, Florida native had twenty seven records on the U.K. Singles chart, twelve made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "I'll Be Home", for five weeks in June of 1956...
    Patrick Charles Eugene Boone will celebrate his 86th birthday in two weeks on June 1st, 2020...
    * Besides the above "A Wonderful Time Up There", he had three other records peak at #2 on the .K. Singles chart, "Don't Forbid Me" for five weeks in March of 1957, "Love Letter In The Sands" for seven non-consecutive weeks in August of 1957, and "Speedy Gonzales" for four weeks in August of 1962...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the U.K.'s Top 10 on May 16th, 1958:
    At #3. "Whole Lotta Woman" by Marvin Rainwater
    #4. "Lollipop" by The Mudlarks
    #5. "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" by Elvis Presley
    #6. "Tom Hark" by Elias and His Zigzag Flutes
    #7. "The Grand Coolie Dam" by Lonnie Donegan
    #8. "Swingin' Sheppard Blues" by Ted Heath and His Music
    #9. "Lollipop" by The Chordettes
    #10. "It's Too Soon To Know" by Pat Boone
    https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19580516/7501/
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