Jimmy Needham Album

I was born on the Mountain of Sinai
Made my home on the old stubborn hill
Spent my life and these times always running
And I'm running still

There were four men who lived up above me
There were six more that lived down below
And I hated all ten
Cuz they just told me the mess I's in
And that's when I knew I had to go

So now I'm moving, moving to Zion
Where there is rest for these weary bones
There on that mountain, I'll be rejoicing
Cuz in Jesus I will find my home, yeah, oh, hey

I was raised up by daddy Moses
And you know I'm the bond woman's son
And my family ain't no bed of roses
So I had to find a new one

Well I found Grace she become my mother
Yes she did
And her daughter is faith in the one
And that girl took me in like her brother
And we've only just begun

So now I'm moving, moving to Zion
Where there is rest for these weary bones
There on that mountain, I'll be rejoicing
Cuz in Jesus I will find my home

These thunderstorms and trumpet warnings
Will not scare me off this time, no no no
Cuz I'm moving to Zion
Where the lamb and the lion reside

So now I'm moving, moving to Zion
Where there's rest for these weary bones
There on that mountain, I'll be rejoicing
Cuz in Jesus I will find

I'm moving, moving to Zion
Where there is rest for these weary bones
There on that mountain, I'll be rejoicing
Cuz in Jesus I will find
In Jesus I will find
In Jesus I will find my home

yeah, yes, oh
Why I wanna be a hurricane
When I'm barely a breeze
Cuz I've already seen Your storm
Bring me down to my knees
Just when we think we may be high enough
You knock us back to the ground
We are trying to move up fast
Can't see the contrast
Of how the King came down

cuz I can't build my towers higher
And live inside Your fire, no no no

Whenever I climb too high
Keep my feet on the ground
And when I get full of me turn me upside down
You know pride and not just summer
Come before the fall
So if You that's getting bigger
I don't mind being small
Being small

Maybe if I shout real loud
Maybe then I'll draw a crowd
And they'll finally cheer
Or maybe I should tone down
Never make a sound now
Anything to draw them near
Or maybe there's more to life
Than trying to make a name
Even though they say it ain't so
So maybe I should step on down
Hand off the kings crown
To the God on the throne

cuz I can't build my towers higher
And live inside Your fire, no no no

Whenever I climb too high
Keep my feet on the ground
And if I get full of me turn me upside down
You know pride and not just summer
Come before the fall
So if You that's getting bigger
I don't mind being small

These people won't miss me
I will be out of their memories
The ground will forget me for sure
Only one is remembered
One name to be treasured
Is Yours

So now when I climb too high
Keep my feet on the ground
And if I get full of me turn me upside down
You know pride and not just summer
Come before the fall
Ooo
So maybe hopefully I see less of me
And more of you and its true
I'll be finally free
That's what I want after all
Yeah

Whenever I climb too high
Keep my feet on the ground
And if I get full of me turn me upside down
You know pride and not just summer
Come before the fall
So if You that's getting bigger
I don't mind being small
Being small
Being small
Being small, oh oh oh
Yeah
Being small, oh oh oh oh
Being small

This is my second chance
This is no song and dance
You came in and renewed a right spirit
This is grace at its best
This is taking a restless, messed up heart and having you clear it

I can feel the weight is lifting
I'm barely staying on the ground
And I can feel the wait is over
Finally the lost is found

[Chorus]
So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He asking for mine
I've Been captured by grace
I'm not going away
I'm Yours to take

I was down for the count
I was up, but knocked out
When I heard pardon for the interruption
Then like out of blue
Out came glorious You

You picked me up without barely any introduction
You won my heart by a landslide
You tend to do that every time
So, everything I have is Yours now
Even my very life

Chorus

Your kindness leads me to repentance
Leads me to the cross, which leads me to forgiveness
So, I'm counting it all as lost

So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He asking for mine

So, this is what it feels like to live life
So, this is breathing air for the very first time
The Son of man, He came here to give life
And in return He asking for mine
I've been captured by grace
I'm not going away
I'm Yours to take

So, this is what it feels like to live life (I'm Yours to take)
So, this is what it feels like to live life (I'm Yours to take)
So, this is what it feels like to live life (I'm Yours to take)
So, this is what it feels like to live life (I'm Yours to take)

If its just to top a song chart
To feed the kids and get a bigger car
The skies already have a lot of stars
And they all sing Your name

And if I'm here to write a #1
To get a gold or maybe platinum
Make me a singer who is unsung
Cuz You won't share fame

Cuz even accolades someday will fade away
Oh just like me
Yes everything but You, yeah
And many years from now it won't matter
How I write the rhymes I do, yeah
Help me get back to the reason I sing for You

I'm always looking for the limelight
To dim my house and make the stages bright
Compared to You I'm just a night light
Against the blazing sun

I enter rooms and hope they notice me
To fill my social insecurities
I'm asking if there's any hope for me
Cuz there is room for only one

Cuz even accolades someday will fade away
Oh just like me
Yes everything but You, yeah
And many years from now it won't matter
How I write the rhymes I do, yeah
Help me get back to the reason I sing for You

Why are we so convinced a bigger audience
Is simply common sense to have?
Maybe success is measured best
By nothing less then our obedience

So if I'm destined for a small stage
The small crowds and the small pay
Then maybe even in a small way
I can bring You fame

Cuz even accolades someday will fade away
Oh just like me
Yes everything but You, yeah
And many years from now it won't matter
How I write the rhymes I do, yeah
Help me get back to the reason I sing for You

Help me get back to the reason I sing for You

I understand what I've been told
Your what I've heard but barely known
Like a man who's mastered every tongue
But has never left his home

My hungry heart is discontent
With petty thought and argument
So they can keep their sermonettes
I want the Christ not just his silhouette
Ohh

Take me above the sun, moon and stars
There's so much more I can see
If You would just carry me
Up to the place where You are
Take me, My Love, escape with my heart
In chasing You
I will run right past the radiant sun
Until I find myself right where You are
Right where You are

I want to board the northbound train
And go right up to heaven's gate
You said to seek and I will find
Well here I come, no turning round this time

I want to taste the height and depth
And live inside Your length and breadth
And comprehend with all the saints
As why Your love has never left

Take me above the sun, moon and stars
There's so much more I can see
If You would just carry me
Up to the place where You are
Take me, My Love, escape with my heart
In chasing You
I will run right past the radiant sun
Until I find myself right where You are

I'm not an orphan, I'm a runaway
You've always been there for me
So if You're willing to receive a stray
I will gladly run into Your arms
Its exactly where I always want to be

Take me above the sun, moon and stars
There's so much more I can see
If You would just carry me
Up to the place where You are
Take me My Love, escape with my heart
In chasing You
I will run right past the radiant sun
Until I find myself right, oh, where You are
Right where You are
Oh, right where You are
Oh, yeah

Well You done it again
Got my heart in detention
Got my head in the clouds
Do You feel the ascension
Oh blessed suspension I'm floating on air
As the one from my youth with your countenance fair
And Your eyes lit ablaze how I wait for You there
And the patience in this place
Between longing and needing
My heart starts to beating
I wait for You there

Let's steal away together
Cloudy days don't get much better than this
Cuz I want more than just those plain romances
Let's steal away together
And we can find our own way away from down
Way down, no no
Let's steal away
Let's steal away

Chances are birds on the branches
Are no match for soaring hearts caught in romance
Is there anything stronger or higher than love
When its true, so true
And the glorious thing is that when we get wind
We can soar in the place
Where the daydreamers dream
Let's refuse to stay here on the floor
When there's more to be had
We must see what's in store

Let's steal away together
Cloudy days don't get much better than this
Cuz I want more than just plain romances
Let's steal away together
And we can find our own way away from down
Way down, no no
Let's steal

And if they try to tie us down too
If they say we can't go higher
They can never break joy's golden wings
We will fly
We will fly
We will fly
We will fly

Let's steal away together
Cloudy days don't get much better
Cuz I want more, I want more, I want more

Let's steal away together
Cloudy days don't get much better than this
Cuz I want more than just plain romances
Let's steal away together
And we can find our own way away from down
Way down, no no
Let's steal away
Let's steal away
Come on, steal away
Let's steal away
Ohh, Let's steal away together

I like, like to be liked
And no one likes to hear the truth
And I've seen what the truth can do
So I tried, tried to downsize
The part of You that's hard to tell
But the layoff didn't go so well
Beat around the burning bush
Till that fire went away
God was once so palpable
Before the shades of gray

We might as well just fold our hands
If we can't call a spade a spade
Cuz we will miss the heart each time
If we won't ever shoot them straight
These pleasantries shading me and you too
Let's part the clouds
And show the world the Son

We think, think we are helping
By giving You a little flare
But it doesn't matter what You wear
Cuz runways aren't Your forte
You prefer the narrow road
Even though its not en vogue
The gospel looked so very cold
One night as I passed by
So I gave him my best sugar coat
And dressed it in a lie

We might as well just fold our hands
If we can't call a spade a spade
Cuz we will miss the heart each time
If we won't ever shoot them straight
These pleasantries shading me and you too
Let's part the clouds
And show the world the Son
Oh, Oh, Whoa

This living water will not quench us
If its watered down
Its not our place to hide again
This treasure that we've found

We might as well just fold our hands
If we can't call a spade a spade
Cuz we will miss the heart each time
If we won't ever shoot them straight
These pleasantries shading me and you too
Let's part the clouds

We might as well just fold our hands
If we can't call a spade a spade
Cuz we will miss the heart each time
If we won't ever shoot them straight
These pleasantries shading me and you too
Let's part the clouds
And show the world the Son

yeah, You give me grace amazing
You give me grace amazing

You found my heart in the tomb
Wrapped up all lifeless and bruised
I was the living dead
Couldn't even lift up my head
To see You enter the room
Oh, Oh, Oh

That's how it is with us all
We weren't just damaged we fell dead at the fall
Only the innocent can breathe the air again
Underground, over my head
I'm almost sure I'm dead

Unless You breath life into me
I won't ever feel my dead heart beating
But you open these, my eyes to see
That's what makes Your grace amazing

No one can come to the Son
Unless the Father compels him to come
Our hearts are bottomless
If we're autonomous
Why do we choose corruption
Underground, over my head
I'm almost sure I'm dead

Unless You breath life into me
I won't ever feel my dead heart beating
But you open these, my eyes to see
That's what makes Your grace amazing

Who's a cripple encased in his heart of stone
Christ's the name that I'm calling on, calling on
He's the hope for the hopeless, yall
We were saved when He chose and called
Where is life if its not in the King
You're the God, lift Him up to all things
To His One, His Son

Rap:
Look, you might have heard I was dead in the grave
With some shackles on my wrist
I was very enslaved to the lusts and the passions
In various ways
In the band, on the horse, I was dead and depraved
Sight wasn't just blurry and vague
I was blind as a bat, couldn't thoroughly gaze
At the glory of Christ or the story of life
The Father said come to Him, but I hurried away

I was stuck, couldn't choose to be found
Tell me when the last time
You seen a dead man moving around
Couldn't buy my freedom I was truthfully bound
Couldn't get myself saved
I was shooting them down
Only by Gods will does grace heal with great might
Cuz only the words of God can create life
Give joy, remove shackles and replace shame
I was raised by grace and I praise Christ

chorus:
You breath life into me
Now I finally feel my dead heart beating
You open my eyes to see
That's what makes Your grace amazing

You breath life into me
Now I finally feel my dead heart beating
You open my eyes to see
That's what makes Your grace amazing

You give me grace amazing
Praise God for that grace amazing
You give me grace amazing
Praise God for that grace amazing

I needed the shelter of someone's arms
and there you were
I needed someone to understand
my ups and downs
and there you were
With sweet love and devotion
Deeply touching my emotion

I want to stop and thank you baby
I want to stop and thank you baby

Oh Yes,
How sweet it is to be loved by you
Feels So Fine
How sweet it is to be loved by you

I close my eyes at night
Wondering where would I be without you in my life
Everything I did was just a bore
Everywhere I went it seems I'd been there before
But You brighten up for me all of my days
With a love so sweet in so many ways

I want to stop and thank you baby
I want to stop and thank you baby

Oh Yes,
How sweet it is to be loved by you
And my sugar sometimes
How sweet it is to be loved by you

You were better for me than I was for myself
For me, there's you and there ain't nobody else

I want to stop and thank you baby
I just want to stop and thank you baby

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

How sweet it is to be loved by you
How sweet it is to be loved by you

Last night I dreamed
That I was sneaking up on Babylon
I awoke to find it was the very street I'm on
I closed my eyes but what I see won't go away
Away

The city closed the shelter down the street
We'd rather pay to save a tree
Then give a brother something warm to eat
It breaks my heart that we're so incomplete
Yeah, Oh

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
And You don't ever miss a thing
No, no, You don't ever miss a thing

I catch the news on channel 3 about once a week
But You see so much more
You see the husband flee the scene
You hear the woman hit the floor
Crying out "Can you still save me, Lord"
Ohh

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
And You don't ever miss a thing

You see it all cuz there is nothing you can't see
You can free us
cuz there is nothing you can't free
And even when we fall
You come and meet us at our knees
You don't ever miss a thing
No

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
You don't ever miss a thing

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
You don't ever miss a thing

Last night I dreamed
That I was sneaking up on Babylon
I awoke to find it was the very street I'm on
I closed my eyes but what I see won't go away
Away

The city closed the shelter down the street
We'd rather pay to save a tree
Then give a brother something warm to eat
It breaks my heart that we're so incomplete
Yeah, Oh

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
And You don't ever miss a thing
No, no, You don't ever miss a thing

I catch the news on channel 3 about once a week
But You see so much more
You see the husband flee the scene
You hear the woman hit the floor
Crying out "Can you still save me, Lord"
Ohh

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
And You don't ever miss a thing

You see it all cuz there is nothing you can't see
You can free us
cuz there is nothing you can't free
And even when we fall
You come and meet us at our knees
You don't ever miss a thing
No

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
You don't ever miss a thing

Maybe there's a reason for it
But its so hard to see so many broken people
Living in this lonely city
It feels right to give up, I get up
I realize your blood can cover all these stains
You don't ever miss a thing

There's a road I'm walking on
Full of promise and of woes
And the fog has not yet gone, oh no
But as it goes, I want you to know

Wherever I go, I'll take your hand, baby
Into the light of day
Cuz we'll never see just how far we've come baby
If we stay
And nobody knows just where this road will lead
But I'll take your hand as He's leading me
We'll walk on the shores of this beautiful sea
And into the light of day

Hmmm
There's a season for us all
Life can spring as people fall, yeah
And the wonder of it all, oh
Is as it goes, you can still know

Wherever I go, I'll take your hand, baby
Into the light of day
Cuz we'll never see just how far we've come baby
If we stay
And nobody knows just where this road will lead
But I'll take your hand as He's leading me
We'll walk on the shores of this beautiful sea
And into the light of day

And I won't let go, no never
Whoa, we'll weather any storm
Oh, as the Father lights our way tonight
We will carry on, we will carry on
yeah

Wherever I go, I'll take your hand, baby
Into the light of day
Cuz we'll never see just how far we've come baby
If we stay, Oh
And nobody knows just where this road will lead
But I'll take your hand as He's leading me
We'll walk on the shores of this beautiful sea
And into the light of day

Walk on the shores of this beautiful sea
And into the light of day

Be Thou exalted over my reputation
'Cause applause is a poor form of soul medication
And I've tried it for years but my symptoms remain
Still fretting the day that they'll misplace my name
Still selling my soul for American fame
Treating the promotion of Jesus like a well oiled machine
Advancing His kingdom just to snag some acclaim
Now, I'm both comforted and haunted that it isn't just me though
I see a nation of people needing to feed their own egos
Parading status like steeples
Do we not know it's evil to love ourselves more than both God and His people?
But see, here's where you turn this poem on it's head
'Cause the greatest among us came as servant instead
And You humbled Yourself to the point of Your death
Apparently love for the Father's glory runs red
So friends, will we point to the Son till our own flames grow dim?
Will our bright lights become merely nightlights near Him?
Words echo once, let them echo again
Be Thou exalted over my reputation