How can I keep (how can I keep)  How can I keep from singing    My life flows on in endless song  Above earth's lamentation   I hear the sweet (I hear the sweet)  The far off hymn (the far off hymn)  That hails a new, a new creation    Through all the tumult and the strife  I hear the music ringing  It finds an echo (echo)  In my soul (in my soul)  How can I keep from singing    The piece of Christ makes fresh my heart  A fountain ever springing  All things are mine since I am His  How can I keep from singing     Since Christ is Lord (since Christ is Lord)  Of heaven and earth (of heaven and earth)    How can I keep from singing