There's a lighthouse on a hillside

that overlooks life's sea.

When I'm tossed He sends out a light,

light that I might see.

And the light that shines in darkness now

Will safely lead me on

If it wasn't for the lighthouse

This ship would sail no more.

Oh I thank God for the lighthouse

I owe my life to Him

King Jesus is the lighthouse

Upon the rocks of sin

He has shone a light around me

That I could clearly see

If it wasn't for the lighthouse

Then where would this ship be.

Everybody that lives around us

says tear the lighthouse down

You know the big ships

they don't sail by this way no more

so what's the use of it standing 'round?

Ahh, but then my mind goes way on back

to that stormy night,

when just in time, oh thank God I saw the light

T'was the light from that old lighthouse

that still stands up there on a hill.

Oh I thank God for the lighthouse

I owe my life to Him

King Jesus is the lighthouse

Upon the rocks of sin

He has shone a light around me

That I could clearly see

If it wasn't for the lighthouse

Then where would this ship be.

Oh, If it wasn't for the lighthouse

Then where would this ship be.