I want to be where He is,
up there, oh! so high.
Please take me up where He is,
Lord, take me there tonight.

I’ve never felt this pain before,
Momma, what’s wrong with me?
Why am I laying in this bed
with doctors bending over me?
I’m starting to feel tired,
but I’m scared to fall asleep.
Momma, please come hold me,
I can feel the darkness creep.
I don’t want to go away
without telling you goodbye.
So momma, please come hold me.
I think I’m leaving you tonight.

But I’m not scared of where I’m going,
no, I know where that will be.
I’m going up to heaven,
‘cause Jesus wants to be with me.
I don’t want to make my momma cry,
but Jesus will make sure she’s okay.
Tonight He’s gonna give me wings
so that I can fly away.
‘Cause I want to be where He is,
up there oh! so high.
Please take me up where He is,
Lord, take me there tonight.

The doctors are talking in the corner,
trying to be quiet.
But I hear every word they say,
they don’t have to hide it.
I know my time is almost here,
I’ve thought that for a week.
The only hard part’s leaving momma,
tears going down her cheeks.
I wish momma believed in God,
so she wouldn’t be sad.
Then she’d know where I’m going,
and then she could be glad.
‘Cause I’m not scared of where I’m
going,
no, I know where that will be.
I’m going up to heaven,
‘cause Jesus wants to be with me.
I don’t want to make my momma cry,
but Jesus will make sure she’s okay.
Tonight He’s gonna give me wings
so that I can fly away.
‘Cause I want to be where He is,
up there oh! so high.
Please take me up where He is,
Lord, take me there tonight.

I can hear the angels singing,
I think that it’s my time.
I finally am joining
Jesus tonight.
My mother won’t stop crying,
I think she hears them too.
I told her: “Momma, please stop crying,
my time is overdue.
I’ve been sick for much too long,
and now it’s my turn
to join Jesus up in heaven,
where I’ll finally be cured.”

I’m not scared of where I’m going,
no, I know where that will be.
I’m going up to heaven,
‘cause Jesus wants to be with me.
I don’t want to make my momma cry,
but Jesus will make sure she’s okay.
Tonight He’s gonna give me wings
so that I can fly away.
‘Cause I want to be where He is,
up there oh! so high.
Please take me up where He is,
Lord, take me there tonight.

Oh, I knew right where I was going,
and that’s just where I am.
I’ve made it up to heaven,
and Jesus is holding my hand.
I know I made my momma cry,
but Jesus made sure she’s okay.
Tonight he finally gave me wings
so that I could fly away.
Now I am where He is,
up here oh! so high.
He took me up where He is,
He finally took me here tonight.