Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Mississippi Children's Choir
Canonical path: /mississippi-childrens-choir/twelve-gates
Related lyric paths: 6
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Twelve Gates
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Twelve Gates
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Verse 1:
Tenors:
Have you heard of a city,
streets are paved with gold?
Sopranos:
Have you heard of a city,
streets are paved with gold?
All:
Have you heard of a city,
streets are paved with gold?
Chorus:
Twelve gates to the city, hallelu.
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2:
Tenors:
Three gates in the east...
Altos:
Three gates in the west...
Sopranos:
Three gates in the north...
All:
Three gates in the south...
Chorus
Bridge:
Sopranos:
Living just enough for the city, I'm...
Altos:
I'm gonna view that holy city,
I'm gona sing and never get tired.
Tenors:
Living just.
Twelve gates to the city
Twenty-four elders in the city.
Angels throughout the holy city.
Angels throughout the holy city.
Vamp 1:
Joy in the city.
Vamp 2:
Love in the city.
Vamp 3:
Peace in the city.
Vamp 4:
Shout in the city.
Vamp 5:
Shout, shout in the city.
Vamp 6:
Shout, shout, shout
in the city.
Vamp 7:
Shout hallelujah in the city.
Chorus
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