Will the circle be unbroken

Shocking Blue

Will the circle, ah, be unbroken
By and by, Lord, ah, by and by.
There's a bell on all my waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.

But I was standing by the window
On the cold and rainy day.
When I saw there was <snip>
Come and carry my man away.

Undertaker, undertaker,
Undertaker, please drive slow,
'Cause the body, ah, you are carrying,
Lord, I hate to see him go.

Now will the circle, ah, be unbroken
By and by, Lord, ah, by and by.
There's a bell on all my waiting
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.