Heavens Door - The Rochesters

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[Verse 1]
             
In vain men tr

             
ied to enter H

              
eaven, but a d

             
oor could not 

    
be found
             
Heaven’s walls

             
 were great an

             
d high, all in

           
side were safe

      
 and sound
            
But God, who s

             
o loved mankin

              
d, who He had 

              
made and given

  
 breath
             
Knew that to r

             
edeem them, th

            
e price to pay

     
 was death


[Verse 2]
             
A search was m

             
ade to find so

              
meone who woul

             
d take this dr

       
eadful chore
             
There was only

             
 one; God's on

             
ly son could b

           
e Heaven's onl

   
y door
            
The angels kne

             
w once He was 

              
gone a song wo

           
uld not be sun

g
             
But a door to 

             
Heaven is of n

             
o use unless o

            
n Earth it's h

ung


[Chorus]
              
A door was hun

             
g at Calvary, 

              
it’s standing 

           
open wide
              
Eternal life i

             
s waiting, for

              
 all who step 

 
inside
             
And what has b

              
ecome earth’s 

             
greatest gain 

            
was Heaven’s g

         
reatest loss
             
Heaven’s Door 

             
was hung at Ca

             
lvary and it h

             
inges on the c


ross


[Verse 3]
             
He entered thi

              
s world throug

             
h a virgin’s w

             
omb and He fel

              
t our pain and

  
 strife
             
Through the do

              
or of death, H

             
e soon would g

             
o. Our great r

           
ansom paid for

  
 life
            
Once inside th

             
e door was sea

              
led. Satan tho

              
ught he’d won 

    
the war
             
But it’s no se

             
cret how death

              
 was conquered

             
. The key was 

      
in the door


[Chorus]
              
A door was hun

             
g at Calvary, 

              
it’s standing 

           
open wide
              
Eternal life i

             
s waiting, for

              
 all who step 

 
inside
             
And what has b

              
ecome earth’s 

             
greatest gain 

            
was Heaven’s g

         
reatest loss
             
Heaven’s Door 

             
was hung at Ca

             
lvary and it h

             
inges on the c


ross

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