In The Hands of God

Newsboys In The Hands of God Lyrics
1.The Way We Roll

Rewind the clock1, we were
Riding a wave of Oz rock, we were
B-barely of age to take charge
Or pack our guitars for the long flight
She'll be right
No cash or plan, we were
Criss-crossin' the States in some van, we were
C-cookin' up beans on the block
While the motor was hot
Something's gonna 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 backpack
Throw out your roadmap
God'll use anything
Check it and see
He's giving 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 rattlin' the cage with each show, we were
Out hawkin' our shirts for more lights
Til Shine hit the brights
And we saw your faces
And we got new bassists
The good and the lame, we were
Spinnin' our drums like a dial, we were
Blowin' up domes from a pile
It worked for awhile
If yours didn't rise
We apologize

All we've got to give is a God-given drive
He keeps us movin', He keeps on provin'

Put on your backpack
Throw out your roadmap
God'll use anything
Check it and see
He's giving 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

Lighten up
We'll lighten up the load at the starting gate
We'll lighten up the load to a fighting Weight
We'll light up the road, come on
Kiss your mama goodbye
We gotta fly

Put on your backpack
Throw out your roadmap
God'll use anything
Check it and see
He's giving us more
Than we ever could ask for
That's the way we roll
Cause we've been set free

Put on your backpack
Throw out your roadmap
God'll use anything
Check it and see
He's giving 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


2.No Grave

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

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 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

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

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


3.This Is Your Life

This is not the warm-up round
This is not a trial heat
It can't be repeated when your time is 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

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

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

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

This is your life
Treat yourself right
Treat others right
Live like you know you should

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

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


4.Glorious

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 ten thousand strong
Hear my song
Til all creation sings

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
Though the battles come, this much is known:
The victory's won by You alone
Hear my song
My Savior and My King

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

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

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

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
Into Your arms
I come running, I come running
Into Your arms
I come running, I come running


5.In The Hands Of God

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

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

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

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

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


6.The Upside

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
Not even expecting more
If all you can see these days is four walls and a floor...

Come up here
We're making our way to the upside
We're gonna stay on the upside
We'll 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 o' 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
Nowhere 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?

Come up here
We're making our way to the upside
We're gonna stay on the upside
We'll 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 o' blue

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 o' blue
Come up here
We're making our way to the upside
We're gonna stay on the upside
We'll 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 o'blue
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 o'blue


7.My Friend Jesus

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 soundtrack 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 patience

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

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
Starting now, maybe I can start the change in me


8.Lead Me To The Cross

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

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


9.Dance

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 been hurt
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 been hurt
Live like there's nothing to fear

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

Get up, get out
Get up, get out
Get up, get out
Get up, get out
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 been hurt
Live like there's nothing to fear
Dance like no one is looking
Sing like no one can hear
Love like you've never been hurt
Live like there's nothing to fear


10.RSL 1984

RSL 1984
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 longboard, 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