I'm thinking today of friends that I used to know Who lived and suffered in this world below They're gone off to heaven, but I want to know What are they doing there now? Oh, what are they doing in heaven today Where sin and sorrow have all gone away Peace abounds like a river they say Oh, what are they doing there now? There's some whose hearts were burdened with care They spent for their moment with fighting and tears But they clung to the cross in trembling and fear Oh, what are they doing there now? (chorus) There's some who were poor and often despised They looked up toward heaven with tear-blinded eyes While people heedless and deaf to their cries Oh, what are they doing there now? (chorus)