Iris DeMent
"The Unclouded Day"

(Rev. Josiah Kelley Alwood)
[Performed on the NPR radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" 6/15/02]

They tell me of a home far beyond the sky
They tell me of a home far away
They tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O, they tell me of an unclouded day

O, the land of cloudless days
O, the land of an unclouded sky
O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O, they tell me of an unclouded day

O, they tell me of an home where my friends have gone
They tell me of a home far away
Where the tree of life in eternal bloom
Sheds it's fragrance through the unclouded day

O, the land of cloudless days
O, the land of an unclouded sky
O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O, they tell me of an unclouded day

O, they tell me that he smiles on his children there
His smile drives their sorrows away
And they tell me that no tears ever come again
In that lovely land of unclouded days

O, the land of cloudless days
O, the land of an unclouded sky
O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
O, they tell me of an unclouded day