: Music
On the Other Side
(Hungrytown)
© 2000 Rebecca Hall & Ken Anderson.
This is one the first songs that Ken and I ever co-wrote. Just as in "Solid Ground," Ken came up with the melody and chord progression and I wrote the lyrics. We were living in NYC at this time and doing a lot of open mikes, and for some reason we wanted a down-home gospel song in a hurry. I don't think this song took more than half an hour to write. "On the Other Side" appeared on my first CD, Rebecca Hall Sings! in quite a primitive form--we were determined to give this song the treatment it deserved for Hungrytown, and I think we did. RH
I was walking down a dark highway when the Lord shone down with the light of day and said,
"Lay down your troubles on the other side."
The river runs dark and the river runs deep and the road to heaven is long and steep
Gonna lay down my troubles on the other side.
On the other side, other side
Going home with Jesus as my guide.
The river runs dark and the river runs deep and the road to heaven is long and steep
Gonna lay down my troubles on the other side.
When the trumpet sounds got no need to worry
'Cause I'm going home to live in glory
Gonna lay down my troubles on the other side.
Earthly chains gonna melt away when Jesus brings me home to stay
Gonna lay down my troubles on the other side.