I'll Fly Away
Johnny Cash Jerry Lee Lewis Carl Perkins Lyrics

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Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away.
To that home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away.

Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away.

To that land where joy will never end,
I'll fly away.
I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away.
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away.

Oh I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away in the morning

When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,
I'll fly away.

Overall Meaning

" I'll Fly Away" is a song about eternal life and the hope of heaven. The song is a reflection of a person who longs for life after death to be reunited with God. It talks about the freedom, peace, and joy that come with the belief in resurrection and going to heaven. The lyrics suggest that the singer is looking forward to the time when they would leave this earthly life which is filled with pain, sorrow, and suffering, to a heavenly abode where there is no pain, sadness, and sorrow.

The song has a simple melody and repetition, which makes it easy to sing along to. The lyrics are powerful and comforting to those who believe in the afterlife. The chorus, "I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away. When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away," is a powerful reminder that death is not the end, and that there is a better life waiting for believers in Christ.

The song is one of the most famous gospel songs of all time, and it has been covered by many famous artists, including Elvis Presley, Kanye West, and Aretha Franklin. The song has become a staple in religious music, and it is often played at funerals and memorial services.

Line by Line Meaning

Some glad morning when this life is o'er
At the end of my life, a bright new day will dawn

I'll fly away. To that home on God's celestial shore
I'll leave this earthly world to go to my eternal home in Heaven

I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away. When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
I'll escape the burdens of this life and happily pass into the afterlife

Just a few more weary days and then
Although life is tough, it won't last forever

To that land where joy will never end
I'll be rewarded in the next life with eternal happiness

Oh I'll fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away in the morning
I'll start my journey to Heaven with a new day and a fresh start

When I die, Hallelujah, by and by, I'll fly away.
When I finally depart from this world, I'll rejoice and soar towards Heaven

Lyrics © CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: CARL SUMPTER

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Comments from YouTube:

@anneadams372

1y↑39

Rest easy, Jerry Lee...The boys are back together ❤️ 🙏

@matthiasw.3399

1y↑5

Including Elvis too.

@JR-xo5jp

Thought he was a pedo?

@joyceadams9783

37w

@@matthiasw.3399❤

@mrsbluesky8415

1y↑10

Jerry Lee really was so talented and that might’ve been enough to get him to heaven. His personal life is another story.

@Oceangirl60

1y↑3

ONLY Jerry Lee asking Jesus to be his Savior and Jerry asking Jesus to wash him clean got that talented man into Heaven.

@JR-xo5jp

Amazing that coming from a female ... A adult man sleeping with impressionble below age of consent girls...You ever thought what kind of man desires young girls sexually ...You are a disfrace fACT

@shellback971able

23w

We need strong men like this again

@erinikeuchi6447

1y↑17

Just imagine the amazing feeling it would be to watch this live and be in their presence. Must have been powerful.

@FlagwaverFlagwaver

47w↑3

I’ll fly away 🕊

@fireworksmuseum

1y↑2

The last survivor flew away today.
Rip Jerry 😥

@jfv7202

6y↑47

these guys have more feeling, presence and talent in the nail of their little finger than some modern singers will ever have .....

@st.joanne

46w↑2

Preach!!!!

@amrice62

47w↑6

Musicians with such authenticity - unreal piano playing there! Love to see this

@mason-dixonbackyard

1y↑21

Legends like these guys never die

@reneetherese1963

1y↑3

Hallelujah!
Jerry Lee did get right with God before he passed! ✝️

@Muziekgenot

8y↑45

When these three men perform this song, the walls of heaven must be cracking.

@kroakie4

8y↑12

I can't wait to get to heaven, then! They've got to have some of the best parties up there!

@maryplaidy6814

7y↑8

You should hear it sung at an Assembly of God church then you will understand Jerry Lee Lewis. I've heard this song at least a million times over my 65 years of attending church. Proud Southerner down to my toenails.

@Muziekgenot

7y↑1

That's a sure thing

@bettytucker8295

6y↑5

Muziekgenot I know that's right friend!! And the gates of hell /satan are shaking in thier boots😇😇

@bettytucker8295

6y↑1

kroakie4 oh lord I know that's right 😁

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@bharvey3214

1y↑7

Rest in heavily peace Jerry 🙏🌹🎸

@williammiller48

25w

That piano is smoking!!!

@neilbeech4093

1y↑6

One of my favorite songs!!

@gsorge6968

Jerry Lee flew away today. Sad day.

@bettytucker8295

6y↑15

Say what you want. These three OG dudes might not have been saints and led a hard life. But MAN can they THROW DOWN AND SING!!! they'll make you want to get down on your knees, ask God for forgiveness and then jump up with Joy!!! You go boys!!

@bettytucker8295

6y↑12

My God, I play this song over and over every Sunday morning and off and on throughout the week. Yet I never get tired of it. Jerry Lee killer, you sure bang the Holy heck out of that piano. You are the man brother. I love me some Jerry Lee Lewis

@tommypetersen2540

8y↑76

Ladies and Gentlemen, the DNA of Rock right there. Can you imagine the stories from these three!? Too bad Elvis was gone by then.

@Albert-Mag...

8y↑13

+Tommy Petersen ..Pretty much all the greats of Rock's roots have flown away now ..But not old Jerry Lee
He's like that old Ever Ready Bunny ..charged up as ever and still knockin em dead ....

@tenhirankei

8y↑2

+Tommy Petersen Elvis did make up part of their Million Dollar Quartet, so they had sung together already. But it is bad that they couldn't make anymore music together-and it was probably beyond beautiful music!

@daveheidecker3209

7y↑5

+Tommy Petersen, This is from a live concert performed in 1981 or 1982 in Stuttgart, Germany. There is an album, listed under the title "The Survivors" in reference to The Million Dollar Quartet of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley. Johnny was performing solo, and Jerry and Carl "happened" to drop by and join in. As near as I can tell, this performance was unplanned, and unrehearsed.Toward the end of the performance, they perform "Peace In The Valley" as a tribute to Elvis, followed by "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "I Saw the Light". Almost all of the songs on the album are available on youtube, if you search under "Survivors" or the individual artists. There are a few videos, like this one, that are floating around as well. These are all worth searching for. I have the album (vinyl) and it is one of my favorites. Good hunting!

@yosoypokefanburgh

6y↑8

One of the best performances that i see in my entire life

@ricksmusic_laughter

6y↑3

I'm a Pentecostal and I play piano similar to Jerry Lee, nobody has tried to lead me to the door yet, but rather, stay and play more

@bettytucker8295

6y↑9

I love you Jerry Lee Lewis. NO ONE PLAYS PIANO AND SINGS LIKE YOU!!! what showmanship you have. I so wish I could meet you in person before you fly away. Killer, you are the king of rock and roll

@RONRIFFLE

Sorry but there was only 1 king of rock and roll.

@ryanthompson700

6y↑1

Ray Charles could and he was blind

@timpeyton6250

31w

My favorite version, with the best

@MrTrav1988

6y↑13

Magnificent. These guys can't be beat

@jacobboswell9033

6y↑5

PRICELESS THE GREATEST EVER R.I.P. JOHNNY CASH

@corneliadenninger5395

5y↑1

RIP Carl Perkins!!

@rcperry2000

1y↑1

RIP Jerry Lee Lewis!

@bettytucker8295

6y↑18

OMG. I listen to this video ten times a day. I love to watch him rock that piano. I bet everything he did in life was over the top. You rock killer

@TheDavjo

8y↑34

jerry lee doing backing vocals for johnny cash, marvelous

@princessbubblee699

7y↑8

Johnny Cash doing backing vocals for Jerry Lee

@theophrastusbombastus1359

6y↑3

What i was going to say, but you had the idea first lol

@billyandloriweaver3448

15w

Priceless

@houdini1972

5y↑5

In the late eighties While others were getting into Grunge and REM I was listening to this album!

@stevenfairless4931

They have left us behind ... We will all "Sing a new song" together, it wont seem long.

@glennobrien9279

At last all the kings of rock n roll are all jamming in heaven , see you soon guys 😭

@maryplaidy6814

7y↑15

There's not another performer in the world that can match the "great" Jerry Lee Lewis.

@prorespluscom

6y↑1

One of a kind. One of the greatest things I have heard about the great Jerry Lee - when you hear a song - the FIRST 2 seconds of the piano - you KNOW - it is HIM! Magical.

@carlosnavarro8181

The best-Jerry Lee Lewis!

@kennydobbins9928

Or Johnny Cash.

@billyandloriweaver3448

14w

Good as you will ever hear

@nicholasdietel3716

4y↑1

this was johnny cash concert and jerry lee got the spot light away

@user-fu4zu4vm9v

Rip Jerry, today in heaven will be great concert.

@lindahellestl7754

2y↑1

Thank you for youtube❤

@billyandloriweaver3448

14w

Good as u will ever hear

@flyerbob124

Some of the Royal Court of rock and roll. JLL is the last man standing😎

@RosaleeMoore

10y↑10

Beautiful old hymn! Beautifully done. Loved Jerry Lee's piano playing. Thank you for sharing and God bless.

@brittd8721

elvis.

@billyandloriweaver3448

1y↑1

My mom an daddy listing to them now heaven....WOW

@pamelathomas4864

8y↑23

Oh goodness me this is music, real music. Just amazing

@lynettemacrae2999

4y↑3

Fantastic, hallelujah 🙌 Thanks

@ernieball2324

6y↑6

I would have liked to see more of Carl Perkins. This video should be titled “ The Half Million Dollar Duo”

@pierreponnet1628

...eens zingen we het allemaal !

@neilbeech4093

2y↑2

Awesome song 👌

@ardardsable

6y↑3

Nobody does it like Jerry Lee.

@marti6494

6y↑2

None around like these great performers anymore, sadly.

@DJK-cq2uy

Used to sing this with one of my clients at the state office in NM.She n I enjoyed that beyond measure

@princessbubblee699

7y↑5

Cash and Lewis. Damn.

@jeremyx4161

MaryAliceMaryAlice yea what about Carl? He was amazing

@esterreis3637

1y↑3

Maravilhosos

@Danny-ju2ip

Listening to this in 2021 ! Jerry Lee last man standing

@staysmuth

4y↑1

Look at me look at me I’m Jerry Lee Lewis !

@userbronco

9y↑6

Blairsville GA
In 1983 the closest traffic light was 38 miles away

@billyandloriweaver3448

15w

Badass song

@glennkoons1560

42w

CAN YOU IMAGINE THESE 3, ROY IF THEY WERE ALL CHRISTIANS, SINGING FOR JESUS GOD?

@kimbradley9595

38w

Rest in peace

@1963Austria

11y↑6

Would like to play it like that in church.......

@n599

7y↑4

Fantastic.

@zeliasgrand

3y↑3

Apparently whoever was filming this didn't know (or didn't care) who Carl Perkins was, so poor ol' Carl gets pretty much completely skipped over in this recording, which is a downright shame.

@albertwells8503

I totally agree. I noticed that immediately. Carl got very little camera time. That wasn’t right.

@jmiller3579

Soar high gents!

@williametheridge1764

solid gold

@alainzilka1018

Superbe morceau !

@revgee93

6y↑1

Preach it! Schwarze Sonne. Everytime they ask Jerry Lee "sing one" Hey plays one and preached The Word. MyMyMy! Allelujah to the Lamb. Like it matters whether someone be rebaptized or not. Glory to God someone gots The Holy Ghost! Whooo. Glory! "That's what it's about" (my quote and My God is Exceedingly Abundantly Above All anyone could fathom. He alone Reigns Supremely Divine and the Host of Heaven proclaim this Every where and Every time!)

@kaydraweyburn3484

8y↑7

just to good

@HellyWMarko

9y↑4

simply Great ...

@barbt.9211

JUST GREAT THANKS

@johncashtributes

7y↑3

Awesome

@vearlchase5767

Very Great.

@sarasmith2648

6y↑1

I'm not sure about Carl Perkins, but Johnny and JLL did every drug known to man, and did a lot of women, too. And here they are singing gospel. I am NOT criticizing, those 2 are actually my favorite, even over Elvis. I just think it's interesting that perhaps as they got older, their eventual mortality probably started to weigh on them. People seem to chill as they get older. They also grew up singing gospel. But as the great JLL once said, "If I'm going to hell, I'm going playin a pianah." I've seen that old man live 3 times, and got to dance with my dad. He always played Jerry Lee records when I was growing up. <3

@fa5812

Sara Smith 7

@jeremyx4161

6y↑1

I can tell you one thing, Johnny cleaned up his act by the late 60’s with a little help from June Carter. After that he really was a good man, and he was till the day he died

@elenafernandez3646

9y↑1

¡Bárbaros!

@kathyhenderson1950

4y↑1

🎸🎸🎹🎹❤️❤️

@AcePilot101

11y↑1

I was here!

@debbie.toombstoombs4304

Good on boy one boys

@debbie.toombstoombs4304

+Debbie. . Toombs Toombs

@debbie.toombstoombs4304

Debbie. Toombs Toombs ,

@danthomps7618

9y↑7

anyone now where and when this was recorded?
so I can search for more songs.
I was raised southern baptist in a small rural Appalachian town, we sang songs lie this every Sunday

@cheyenneshawnee1466

8y↑1

Bless you, Dan Thomps

@danthomps7618

8y↑2

Clayton Ga, then Blairsville GA
both touristy retirement towns now, but in the late 60s , before welfare and unemployment etc etc it was just dirt poor hillbillys trying not to starve .
went to school with the banjo boy that was in the Deliverance movie

@lauriej.5706

2y↑1

If Jerry Lee doesn't get into Heaven, I'm going to consider a boycott.

@jamessveinsson6006

So would this be 3/4 of a million

@hillismicheal2878

That's it.

@yvonnevarenne7510

Immortels souvenir souvenirs

@billcary30

not sure who the guy on bass is but he was in alot of hee haw episodes playing bass for roy clark so part of his band? roy would occaionslly give names for the band but only if they were featured on something and rarely does the bass ever get featured so not sure i ever got the name

@americanmaderhisiseveron2023

Here's how I see it

@bbailey0202

When was this recorded

@christiangarage

2y↑1

1981

@1963Austria

9y↑10

Am rather sure if a person and a song like this, in a Pentecostal, Apostolic, Nazarene, they would lead you to the door. Now for Southern Baptist, no. This is how to play gospel music.

@SingingOwl1

9y↑5

Bryan Stollings Nope. I'm a Pentecostal minister, and I love it. :D

@LoveFlatfootin1

9y↑5

Bryan Stollings I don't attend church and I love this.

@1963Austria

8y↑3

+Dorcas George The church would be rockin....

@Albert-Mag...

8y↑6

+LoveFlatfootin1 ..This is has and always will be my Church .. "Hallelujah"

@filoIII

You a pastor?

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@cavendishlung-sukki1082

Jerry could use some color in his cheeks. Get outside, man.

@BR-jf9sh

3y↑1

this was just a few months before jerry lee almost died from a stomach ulcer that ruptured..When that happened, they gave him less than 5% chance of survival, that was in 1981, but of course, here we are in 2021, and the Killer is still with us.....If you think that he was pale in his face, yeah, of course he was---the man was dying and didnt know it at the time.....

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