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What Are They Doing In Heaven

By Angela Primm

4,369 views Jun 16, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Angela Primm's song 'What Are They Doing In Heaven' reflects on loved ones who have passed away and are now in heaven, free from sin, sorrow, and suffering. The lyrics ponder the peace and joy they experience, contrasting it with earthly struggles like disease, poverty, and grief. It offers comfort by affirming that death brings release and that heaven is a place of eternal peace. The song is a gentle meditation on the hope of reunion and the rest found in God's presence.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I'm thinking of friends whom I used to know,

Who lived and suffered in this world below

But they've gone off to heaven, but I want to know

I wonder what they doing there now?


Oh, what are they doing in heaven today,

Where sin and sorrow are all done away?

Peace abounds like a river, they say.

I wonder what are they doing there now?


There's some whose hearts

Were burdened with care

They paid for their moment with fighting and tears

But they clung to the cross trembling in fear

I wonder what are they doing there now?


I wonder what they doing in heaven today,

Where sin and sorrow are all done away?

When peace abounds like a river, they say.

I wonder what they doing there now?


And there's some whose bodies were full of disease

Physicians and doctors couldn't give them much ease

But they suffered 'til death brought a final release

I wonder what are they doing there now?


I wonder what they doing in heaven today,

Where sin and sorrow are all done away?

Peace abounds like a river, they say.

I wonder what they doing there now?


There's some who were poor and often despised

They looked up to heaven with tear-blinded eyes

While people were heedless and deaf to their cries

I wonder what are they doing there now?


I wonder what they doing in heaven today,

Where sin and sorrow are all done away?

Peace abounds like a river, they say.

I wonder what they doing there now?


I wonder what they doing in heaven today,

Where sin and sorrow are all done away?

Peace abounds like a river, they say.

I wonder what they doing there now?

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