There are lots of recordings of this song on Spotify. I couldn't identify any one version that seemed authoritative. Jimmy Swaggart made one of the earliest recordings in 1972, but I doubt that he wrote it. So I included some alternative words, indicated by brackets, in my transcript:


[THIS IS [JUST]] WHAT HEAVEN MEANS TO ME

1. A country where no twilight shadows deepen
Unending day where night will [shall] never be
A city where no storm clouds [storms will] ever gather
[Oh/For] This is just what heaven means to me

CHORUS: What will it [joy 'twill] be when we get over yonder
And [To] join the throng around [upon] the glassy [crystal] sea
We'll [To] meet [join] our loved ones and crown Christ forever
[Oh,] This is just what heaven means to me

2. A place where there is no misunderstanding
And from all enmity and strife we're free
No unkind words to [that] wound the heart are spoken
[Oh/And] This is just what heaven means to me

3. [And] when [then] at last we [I] see the face of Jesus
Before whose image other loves all flee [cease]
And when they crown him Lord of All [King of Kings] I'll be there [forever]
[For/Oh,] This is just what heaven means to me


[I find it interesting to contemplate other people's ideas of heaven. What have they got against twilight and night, I wonder? Sure, night is when the creepy-crawlies come out, but couldn't you just ban the creepy-crawlies? And why must the sea be glassy? No gospel singers want to try surfing, I suppose.]