Vince Gill Songs - Go Rest High On That Mountain Lyrics

Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain

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Album: When Love finds You
Released: 1994

Go Rest High On That Mountain Lyrics

I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain.
You weren't afraid to face the devil,
You were no stranger to the rain.

Go Rest High On That Mountain
Son,your work on earth is done.
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son.

Oh,how we cried the day you left us
We gathered round your grave to grieve.
I wish I could see the angels faces
When they hear your sweet voice sing.

Go rest high on that mountain
Son,your work on earth is done.
Go to heaven a-shoutin'
Love for the Father and the Son.

Writer/s: Gill, Vincent Grant
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Go Rest High On That Mountain

Gill began writing this following the untimely death of Country music superstar Keith Whitley. Gill didn't finish the song until a few years later following the death of his brother. Thus, the song is a tribute song to both Keith Whitley and Gill's brother.

Additional background vocals were provided by Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs.

Gill played this song during his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in February 2009. He explained he penned it after his older brother Bob's death from a heart attack in 1993. "I wrote this song, and I didn't have any idea if anybody would want to hear it, or like it. All I wanted to do was grieve for him and celebrate his life. That's how I always process grief—sit down with a guitar and make something up. Turns out that if anybody remembers any of my songs, it'll be this one."

This won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Country Song.