[Verse 1]
What an awful day (What an awful day)
When the judgment comes (When the judgment comes)
And the sinners hear (And the sinners hear)
Their eternal doom (Their eternal doom)
At the sad decree (At the sad decree)
They'll depart for aye (They'll depart for aye)
Into endless woe (Into endless woe)
And gloom, endless woe, and gloom

[Chorus]
I'm paying now (I'm paying now)
The penalty (The penalty)
That the unredeemed (That the unredeemed)
Must ever pay (Must ever pay)
Though for help I cry (Though for help I cry)
It's all in vain (It's all in vain)
For alas I'm doomed (For alas I'm doomed)
For aye (I'm doomed for aye)

[Verse 2]
If I could recall (If I could recall)
All the years now gone (All the years now gone)
For my Savior's cause (For my Savior's cause)
I would spend each one (I would spend each one)
But they never again (But they never again)
Can, to me, return (Can, to me, return)
And the task is left (And the task is left)
Is left undone (it's left undone)
[Chorus]
I'm paying now (I'm paying now)
The penalty (The penalty)
That the unredeemed (That the unredeemed)
Must ever pay (Must ever pay)
Though for help I cry (Though for help I cry)
It's all in vain (It's all in vain)
For alas I'm doomed (For alas I'm doomed)
For aye (I'm doomed for aye)

[Verse 3]
Oh, I realize (Oh, I realize)
But alas too late (But alas too late)
What a dark mistake (What a dark mistake)
All my life has been (All my life has been)
I refused his love (I refused his love)
With nefarious heart (With nefarious heart)
And I must pay the price (And I must pay the price)
Of sin (The price of sin)

[Chorus]
I'm paying now (I'm paying now)
The penalty (The penalty)
That the unredeemed (That the unredeemed)
Must ever pay (Must ever pay)
Though for help I cry (Though for help I cry)
It's all in vain (It's all in vain)
For alas I'm doomed (For alas I'm doomed)
For aye (I'm doomed for aye)