Worship Song Lyrics
In addition to a long-standing career as a pop songwriter/singer, here are some of the inspirational song lyrics that John Ford Coley sings and/or has written.
Deep Water
I’m Running
I Stand Amazed
Lead Me On
Lift Me Up
Love Is The Answer (written by Todd Rungren)
Soul of the Wanderer
Sweet Jesus
That’s All I Need
When It Feels Like God Don’t Love You Anymore
Songs by the Colleys
Holy Spirit Overflow
Deep Water
John Ford Coley, Lydia Salnikova
I would compare Your love to water
From the way that it washes over me
Can’t help but feel I’m going under
You drown me and then, you set me free
So here I stand
Longing to leave
These barren lands
For deep water
It fell like rain upon the desert
The way you revived my thirsty soul
To you I offer no resistance
And gladly I gave up all control
So here I go
Carried away
By the river flow
(CHORUS)
If I’m gonna tread
I’ll never make it
In over my head
I won’t be able to love you
And sink in
Your deep water I want to harbor up Your ocean
And never lose a single drop
And though You’ll never cease to love me
Just like a river never stops
So here we are
Stretching so wide, so deep, so far
(CHORUS REPEAT)
I would compare your love to water
From the way it washes over me
I’m Running
John Ford Coley, Dana Peters-Colley
How did I get from there to here?
How do I get back again?
A spark of fear
And a man much younger
Wanted to change what he did not begin.
How do I get where it makes sense
When I’m another lost in pain.
A light in the dark
When the world won’t hide me
Candles of hope in my soul remain
(CHORUS)
I’m running
I keep running to what I’ve been looking for
I’m running
Maybe with love there’s a heart out there like mineHow did I get from there to here?
Lost in the daylight, dreams they change
The world turns its back on the poor and helpless
Leaving the rest to the battle of games
(CHORUS REPEAT)
(BRIDGE)
At the end of the tunnel there must be light
It breaks through in visions
I chase all the nights of my life
(CHORUS REPEAT)
I Stand Amazed
John Ford Coley
As I wander through this world,
You’re the One who guides me
For my weary heart,
You are a refuge from the rain
For my thirsty soul
You are like water in the desert
My spirit is refreshed
at the mention of your Name
I stand amazed in your presence
I stand amazed by your grace
No words but yours could ever change me
I stand amazed, I stand amazed
When my faith has faltered
You are my mighty tower
You’re my strength
In my hour of need
Open up my eyes
So that I may behold your glory
I remember you will you remember me?
(1st chorus repeat)
(2nd chorus)
I stand amazed in Your Spirit
I stand amazed by Your love
No words but Yours could ever save me
I stand amazed, I stand amazed
Lead Me On
John Ford Coley, Dana Peters-Colley
A voice I can trust in
Sings sweet in my ear
In melodies wonderfully clear
You speak to my spirit
Saying you’re always near
When valleys grow deeper
Though rivers run wild
And darkness shadows what’s true
I know that all I am Lord
I am in you
So I’ll rest in the path that you choose
(CHORUS)
As You lead me on
As You lead me on
Your Hand on my shoulder
Says I am Your own
As You lead me on
No greater love have I known
Than Jesus the rock of my soul
As You lead me on
As You lead me on
You’re an Unseen Guide
And You open my eyes
To mysteries deep, wide and free
Narrow paths, rocky roads
Lead me straight to Your majesty
The sound of Your Voice, Lord
A whispering wind
Like waves shaking over the sea
This journey gets easy
The burden gets light
If all I do is believe
(REPEAT CHORUS)
BRIDGE
You’re there when there’s no one around me
When troubles drop me to my knees
I can feel heaven’s strength fallin
And a legion of angels by me
(CHORUS REPEAT)
Love Is The Answer
Todd Rungren, Earmark Music Inc./ Fiction Music Inc., BMI
Name your price
Ticket to paradise
I can’t stay here anymore
And I’ve looked high and low
I’ve been from shore to shore to show
If there’s a short cut I’d have found it
But there is no easy way around it
(CHORUS)
Light of the world, shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all, set us free
Love is the answerWho knows why
Someday we all must die
We’re all homeless boys and girls
And we are never heard
It’s such a lonely, lonely, lonely world
People turn their heads and walk on by
Tell me, is it worth just another try?
(REPEAT CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)
Tell me, are we alive, or just a dying planet?
What are the chances?
Ask the man in your heart for the answers.
And when you feel afraid, love one another
And when you’ve lost your way, love one another
And when you’re all alone, love one another
And when you’re far from home, love one another
And when you’re down and out, love one another
And when your hope’s run out, love one another
And when you need a friend, love one another
And when you’re near the end, love one another
Love, we’ve got to love, we’ve got to love one another
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Soul of the Wanderer
John Ford Coley
Across the wasted wilderness, There travels in the night
Life yet unknown to us, But guided by its sight.
While we dangle on the edges, Of a different time for man
Knowing that the future, Has been realized and is at hand
And those that see the images, Of each days’ strengthened realms
Seek the life invisible, Subdued by hearts of man
Chased by quest of knowledge, For who and what we are
The wanderer stands gazing, Out beyond the stars
(CHORUS)
And in testing our courage we play with our fright
Searching for truth, but afraid of the light
We are lovers of glory, in spite of the fight
We go on
Waiting for the hour, Where our soul is revealed
Practicing our patience, If our ills are to be healed
Chasing very eagerly, For what we can’t attain
Facing shadows in our flight, And still ourselves remain
Choosing only what is seen, In view of what is known
Scattered by the winds of trials, We lose the hearts we’ve sown Hedging at the hour, That no one can put back We feast upon the emptiness, To fill the needs we lack
(CHORUS REPEAT)
The soul of the wanderer, And dreamer must prevail
Decisions that are made, Can be both heavenly or hell
Seldom does it matter, Who is wrong or who is right
We still answer to the Angel, From unapproachable heights
(CHORUS REPEAT)
And in testing our courage we play with our fright
Searching for truth we stray far from the light
(but avoiding the light)
We are lovers of glory, in love with the fight
We go on.
Sweet Jesus
written by John Ford Coley/ Keegan Music, BMI and Kim Copeland/Sage House Music , ASCAP.
Eight years old, in the last church pew
I prayed for a bike and a football too
Daddy’d said no, so I thought I’d ask you
I’d heard the preacher say, there’s nothing You can’t do
1st CHORUS
So help me, Sweet Jesus
I can’t do this on my own
I promise, Sweet Jesus
If you give me this, I’ll be good from now on
Twenty years old, I was running wild
Caught up to my dreams, I was living in style
Whatever I wanted, was mine for a smile
But somehow I lost touch with you for awhile
2nd CHORUS
Where were you, Sweet Jesus?
I guess I did this, all on my own
What happened, Sweet Jesus?
I just turned around and one day You were gone
BRIDGE
But now I’m being chased by what I was running to
Blinded by the darkness, that seemed like light and truth
Every road I took only led me back to You
Back to You, back to You, always home to You
Now here I sit again, in the last church pew
I got something to say that’s long overdue
If my prayers can still get through
When all is said and done, all I want is You
3RD CHORUS
Without You, Sweet Jesus
My heart is just a hollow space
Thank you, Sweet Jesus
I know all the time, I’ve been swimming in Your grace
Help me, Sweet Jesus
To find the faith I misplaced
Thank you, Sweet Jesus
I know all the time, I’ve been swimming in Your grace
When It Feels Like God Don’t Love You Anymore
John Ford Coley Pamela Phillips-Oland
Everything blue, colored my senses
I saw life through a mirror of tears
I was so sure, dreams were a desert
Just so big, I’d never cross it for years
Then there was You with no invitation
You slipped through my heart’s backdoor
Bringing me words of sweet inspiration
“Here’s what you do
When it feels like God don’t love you anymore”
(CHORUS 1)
Wrap your arms around yourself
Tell yourself, you tried your best
Don’t hold back all the tears, let ‘em fall
When your dreams are lost and gone
Nothing’s stronger than hope for holding on
Have faith, it’ll open up another door
When it feels like God don’t love you anymore
Good things take time, they don’t come easy
I know it, but it’s just so hard to take
When in my mind, I see a future
Open wide, and all I need is that break
You looked behind all my dreams and found me
When I was all out of hope
Lifted the shadows of doubt around me
You said, “Here’s what you do
When it feels like God don’t love you anymore”
(CHORUS 2)
Wrap your arms around yourself
Remind yourself you tried your best
Don’t hold back all the tears, let ‘em fall
Then you make some brand new plans
Cause tomorrow you get another chance
Have faith, it’ll open up another door
When it feels like God don’t love you anymore
Have faith, it’s another open door
Cause there’s never a time
When God don’t love you anymore
Holy Spirit Overflow
The Colleys: Dakota, Ciara, John & Dana
There’s not a mountain high
Nor a valley low
There is not a place that
God can’t go
There is not a place that
God can’t go
There’s not a sea
He can’t overflow
Not a problem
That He won’t know
Not a problem
That He won’t know
(CHORUS)
Oh – Oh – Oh – Oh
Oh – Oh – Oh – Oh
Oh Holy Spirit Overflow
Oh – Oh – Oh – Oh
Oh – Oh – Oh – Oh
Oh Holy Spirit Overflow
There’s not a seed
That He didn’t sow
Or a child
That He doesn’t grow
Or a child
That He doesn’t grow
There’s not a dream
That He can’t bestow
Jesus is all you
Need to know
Jesus is all you
Need to know
(REPEAT CHORUS)