Bruce Springsteen - How Can I Keep From Singing

My life flows on in endless song

Above earth's lamentation

I catch the sweet, tho' far-off hymn

That hails a new creation

Through all the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing

It finds an echo in my soul

How can I keep from singing?

What tho' my joys and comfort die?

The Lord my Saviour liveth

What tho' the darkness gather round?

Songs in the night he giveth

No storm can shake my inmost calm

While to that refuge clinging

Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth

How can I keep from singing?

I lift my eyes; the cloud grows thin

I see the blue above it

And day by day this pathway smooths

Since first I learned to love it

The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart

A fountain ever springing

All things are mine since I am his

How can I keep from singing?

• Artist:Bruce Springsteen
• Album:Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (2006)