Newsboys Album

Rewind the clock, we were, ridin’ a wave
Of Oz rock, we were, but barely of age
To take charge, or pack our guitars for the long flight
Should we write
No cash or plan, we were, criss-crossing the states
In some van, we were c-c-cooking our beans
On the block while the motor was hot
Something’s got to blow, let’s get to the show

Give us half an inch,
We’ll be tackin’on a mile
Give us a half stage,
We’ll start up a rampage

Put on your back pack
Go on your own now,
God’ll use anything
Check it and see

He’s given us more than we ever could ask for
That’s the way we roll, ‘cause we’ve been set free
That’s the way we roll, ‘cause we’ve been set free

Reset the stage, we were, out rattling the cage
With each show, we were
Out hawkin’ them shirts
For more lights
To shine hit the brights

And we saw your faces
And we got new basses

Good in the lane, we were
Spinning our drums
Like a tire
We were, blowing up the domes
From a pile, it worked for awhile
It just didn’t rise
We apologize

All we got to give is a God-given drive
It keeps us movin’
It keeps on groovin’

Put on your back pack
Go on your own now,
God’ll use anything
Check it and see

He’s given us more than we ever could ask for
That’s the way we roll, cause we’ve been set free
That’s the way we roll, cause we’ve been set free
……
Starting up
We’ll lighten up the load at the
Startin’ gate, we’ll
Lighten up the load to a partin’ date
We’ll light up the road
C’mon, kiss your mamma goodbye
We got to fly

Put on your back pack
Throw out your road map
God’ll use anything
Check it and see
He’s givin’ us more than we ever could ask for
That’s the way you roll when you’ve been set free
….
Put on your back pack
Throw out your road map
God’ll use anything
Check it and see
He’s givin’ us more than we ever could ask for
That’s the way we roll cause we’ve been set free
That’s the way we roll cause we’ve been set free
That’s the way we roll cause we’ve been set free

Lay my body down on Mercy Street
Or deep beneath the darkest seas
Lay my body six feet under down in Old
Noarlunga
Right beneath the ghost gum trees

Doesn’t matter where
You won’t find me there

No grave
Gonna hold my spirit down
Ain’t no grave
Hold my spirit down
Lord knows they’ll never keep me in the ground
Ain’t no grave
Hold my spirit down

It’s alright mama, now don’t be sad
It’s alright, don’t cry for me
They can lock my flesh and bones up until kingdom come
But my spirit will be free

It doesn’t matter where
You won’t find me there
It’s a dead end search
It’s a nowhere thread
Looking for the living down among the dead
No devil in hell
No angel above
Can separate the saints from the love of God

This is not the warm-up round
This is not a trial heat
It can't be repeated when your time has gone
This is not an infinite resource
Or the prelude to a starter course
You don't send it back if it gets done wrong

Chorus:
This is your life
Treat yourself right
Treat others right
Live like you know you should
This is life
Fight the good fight
Fight for what's right
Do what you know you should

Every living soul completes
A finite number of heartbeats
This is not the sum of what you're here for
Every breath you take will be exhaled
Every rising sun will fall
The measure of it all is what you live for

Bridge:
You had a dream
But it got lost in a life of regret
The devil knows you get just one shot
You had a dream
Are you still dreaming or did you forget
That heaven's calling for your best shot

And if I sing out in the dark of night
Or praise You in the light of dawn
Hear my song and lift me on Your wings
And if I worship You in solitude
Or join a choir 10,000 strong
Hear my song ‘til all creation sings

Chorus
Glorious, shining so glorious
Though I stumble, though I fall
You remain glorious.
Towards Your light
I come running, I come running
Into Your arms
I come running, I come running.

You have searched me
You have known my heart
You’ve heard my every anxious thought
Hear my song, it’s all I have to bring
And though the battles come
This much is known:
The victory’s won by You alone
Hear my song, my Savior and my King

Singing
Repeat chorus

Every faithless mission
Every false ambition
Here, I lay them at Your feet
As in heaven, as on earth
I will ever sing Your worth
You alone make me complete

Repeat chorus 2 times

Towards Your light
I come running, I come running
Into Your arms
I come running, I come running.

We have raised our hopes and our cities high
We have followed fragile dreams
But only One could take the measure of our goals
And we've stumbled over the trials of life
And we've wrestled the unseen
But only One can calm the storm inside our souls

In the hands of God we will fall
Rest for the restless, and the weary
Hope for the sinner
In the hands of God we stand tall
Hands that are mighty to deliver
Giving us freedom

When our strength gave way to the weight of guilt
'Til we strained for every breath
Only One could lift our shame and make us well
And when all is finished and we face
The fearsome power of death
Only One has overcome the gates of hell

You're amazing
You're amazing, You are
And we praise You, Lord
For what Your hands have done

It’s been a long, long fall
With nothing to intervene
When gravity does its thing
We start wondering what it’s for

Stuck in a cold dark basement
You surely expected more
But all you can see these days
Is four walls and a floor

Chorus
Come up here
We’re making our way
To the upside
We’re gonna stay on
The upside
We trade our troubles
For a room with a view
Come up here
We’re making our way
To the upside
A brand new day on
The upside
The future’s brighter than a
Sky full of blue

It’s been a long, long fall
The Adam who would be king
When consequence does its thing
We all want it like before

No where to go, laid low
Like a dumpster diver, like a
Submarine wreck scraping the bottom deck
Won’t you, don’t you
Pray there’s something more

Repeat chorus

What’s gonna hold us down?
Who’s gonna hold us down?
How’s it gonna hold us down?
Nothing’s gonna hold us

Come up
We’ll make our way
To the upside
We’re here to stay on
The upside
The future’s shining like a
Sky full of blue

Repeat chorus

Come up here
We’re making our way
To the upside
We’re gonna stay on
The upside
The future’s brighter than a
Sky full of blue

I bought a product they should not have sold.
I called the help line,
they put me on hold
I've been waiting for an hour
Now my phone's losing power
And I'm gonna explode.
I hear, "How may I help you today?"
I know a very rude answer,
But I'm wondering, hey

What if everybody talked like my friend Jesus?
If everybody loved like my friend Jesus,
If everyone forgave like my friend Jesus,
It would give the world a new beginning.
What if this is like an early inning?

I state my business;
She puts me on hold.
I'm back to thinking;
I'm gonna explode.
And the dog wants dinner,
And the music they're playing
is the sound-track of hell.
You say, "Two wrongs don't make a right?"
Just try listening to Celine Dion all night.

But if everybody talked like my friend Jesus,
If everybody loved like my friend Jesus,
If everyone forgave like my friend Jesus,
If we want to mend world relations
Surely I can show a little patients.

I've been waiting around for this world to change.
Another day cut loose, another lame excuse.
I've got the why and how to start here and now...
...Then my cellphone drops the call.
...And I spew out vitriol.
...And as my fist goes through the wall, a voice says, "Be the change you wanna see!"

'Cause if everybody talked like my friend Jesus?
If everybody loved like my friend Jesus,
If everyone forgave like my friend Jesus,
What a changed world this could be

If everybody talked like my friend Jesus?
If everybody loved like my friend Jesus,
If everyone forgave like my friend Jesus,
What a changed world this could be
Starting now, Maybe I can start the change in me.

Savior I come
Quiet my soul remember
Redemption's hill
Where Your blood was spilled for my ransom

Everything I once held dear I count it all as loss

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
Oh, lead me, lead me to the cross

You were as I
Tempted and tried, human
The word became flesh bore my sin and death
Now You're risen

Everything I once held dear I count it all as loss

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
Oh, lead me, lead me to the cross

To Your heart, to Your heart
Lead me to Your heart
To Your heart, to Your heart

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
Oh, lead me

Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out
Bring me to my knees, Lord I lay me down
Rid me of myself, I belong to You
Oh, lead me, lead me to the cross

Never got the memo
Never got on board
Couldn’t get lost
Cause I never explored

Never took a swing
Never held the ring
Never drew a straw
Never knew how to draw

We got the whole world waiting for
Anything to wash ashore
Evidence they can't ignore
Anything to hope for

Faith is the substance
Faith is the glue
Bringing us together
Giving us a clue

(It’ll make ya)
Dance like no one is looking
Sing like no one can hear
Love like you've never hurt before
Live like there's nothing to fear

Never got with it
Never gave blood
Draggin' my feet
Tracked in more mud
Tried to take control
Dug a deeper hole
Couldn’t get a hand
Then bless my soul

You hosed off the dirt
Set my feet on a rock
I got a vision from god
I felt the awe and the shock

(I know)
Faith is the substance
Faith is the key
Faith is gonna take us
Where we're meant to be

(Now we're gonna)
Dance like no one is looking
Sing like no one can hear
Love like you've never hurt before
Live like there's nothing to fear

Get up, get out
Get up, get out
Get up, get out
Get up, get out
Come on

Dance like no one is looking
Sing like no one can hear
Love like you've never hurt before
Live like there's nothing to fear

Dance like no one is looking
Sing like no one can hear
Love like you've never hurt before
Live like there's nothing to fear

Some kissed the girls, I kissed the floor
The Bover boys with their boots shiny red
Three dollar champagne stirring my head
We rolled out the barrels, boys
We sang with a single voice

Let all tears turn to gold
And all the hell I’ve raised
Lord, let it fade away
As Your glories unfold
Give me a part to play
Grant me another day

The surf and the sky and the Sunshine Coast of gold
Floating on a long board, life on hold
I never know the way, but you always take me there
And I need it now, like the Mooloolaba air
We’ll roll with the next wave, boys
We’ll sing out, we’ll make some noise

Let all tears turn to gold
And all the hell I’ve raised
Lord, let it fade away
As Your glories unfold
Give me a part to play
Grant me another day

Red dust rises
Clouds your every thought
You don’t know you’re deceived until you’re not
Good dog, bad dog - they get to fightin’ in your head
The winner is the last one gettin’ fed

God is alive and my magic is no good
And He’s called me out on this walkabout
He leads me to water and traces each song line
And I know to know His ways are higher than mine
So roll out the road rig, boys
We’ll sing with a grateful voice

Let all tears turn to gold
And the hell that’s raised
Lord, let it fade away
As Your glories unfold
Give us a part to play
Grant us another day

Let all tears turn to gold
And all the hell I’ve raised
Lord, let it fade away
As Your glories unfold
Give me a part to play
Grant me another day