THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME
(Mary Reeves / Albert E. Brumley)

Carl Smith - 1957
Roy Acuff - 1958
Rose Maddox - 1960
Jim Reeves - 1962
Rex Allen - 1962
Red Foley - 1962
Jimmy Martin - 1963
Charlie Walker - 1969
Floyd Cramer - 1971
Susan Raye - 1973
Bill Monroe - 1974
John D. Loudermilk - 1979
Wanda Jackson - 1988
Merle Haggard - 2001
George Hamilton IV - 2003

Also recorded by: The Kendalls



 
This world is not my home, I'm just a-passin' through
My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

They're all expecting me and that's one thing I know
My Saviour pardoned me and now I onward go
I know he'll take me through, though I am weak and poor
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

I have a loving Mother just over in Gloryland
And I don't expect to stop until I shake her hand
She's waiting now for me in Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Just over in Gloryland we'll live eternally
The saints on every hand are shouting victory
Their songs of sweetest praise drift back from Heaven's shore
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore

Oh Lord, you know I have no friend like you
If Heaven's not my home, then Lord what will I do
The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door
And I can't feel at home in this world anymore












(Contributed by Mel - June 2010)