Is my living in vain?   Is my giving in vain?   Is my praying in vain?   Is my fasting in vain?      Am I wasting my time?   Can the clock be rewind?   Have I let my light shine?   Have I made ninety-nine?      No, of course not   It's not all in vain   No, no Lord, no   'Cause up the road is eternal gain      Is my praying in vain?   Is my labor in vain?   Is my singing in vain?   Is my speaking, is it in vain?      Is my playing the organ in vain?   Is my praying in vain?   Is my, is my, is my labor in vain?   Is my singing, singing, singing, in vain?      No, of course not   No, of course not   No, of course not      No, no, no, no, no, no   Of course not   No, no, no, no, no, no   Of course not      It's not all in vain   Up the road is eternal gain      Is my praying in vain?   Is my, is my, is my labor in vain?   Is my singing, singing in vain?   I know I'm speaking in vain      Is my playin' this organ in vain, at the temple   At the cathedral, at all these churches?   Is my praying, my praying, my praying, in vain? Ooh      Is it in vain? Is it in vain?   Is it in vain? Is it in vain?   No it ain't in vain   No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no      No, no, of course not   No, no, no, no, no, no   No, no, no, no, no, no   Of course not      No, no, no, no, no, no   Of course not   No, no, no, no, no, no   Of course not      It's not all in vain   It's not all in vain   It's not all in vain   It's not all in vain   It's not all in vain   'Cause up the road is eternal gain