The Promise Songtext
von Bill & Gloria Gaither and their Homecoming Friends

A hand of fear gripped the crowd that day at Jairus′ home
When the doctor shook his head and said she's gone
You could feel that mother′s heart break
You could hear them cry and mourn
Their little girl was only 12 years old

Somewhere in the distance
Outlined against the sun
There came a man with a mission from the throne
They said, "Look, somebody's coming"
But what they did not know
It was their Promise coming down that dusty road

There's a Promise coming down that dusty road
From His holy hand healing virtue flows
He′s got the keys to what you need
Death and hell He will defeat
There′s a Promise coming down that dusty road


The wonder turned to mocking
When Jesus did speak
He said your daughter's not dead, she′s just asleep
And then He turned to the unbelievers
And He told them all, "Go home"
They heard Him say
"Leave me and death alone."

And then He laid His hand upon the child
He looked death right in the eye
He said, "All power in Heaven and earth it belongs to me"
And with a voice that sounds like thunder
He hurled death with thunder and then He said
"Now, girl, rise and be healed"

There's a Promise coming down that dusty road
And from His holy hand healing virtue flows
He′s got the keys to what you need
Death and hell He will defeat
There's a Promise coming down that dusty road

There′s a Promise coming down that dusty road
And from His holy hand healing virtue flows
He's got the keys to what you need
Death and hell He will defeat
There's a Promise coming down that dusty road


He′s got the keys to what you need
Death and hell He will defeat
There′s a Promise coming down that dusty road
There's a Promise coming down that dusty road