Playlist Jimmy Needham

jimmy needham - a breath or two

I think its terminal this terminal I'm waiting in
Could use a change of scene it seems I've been repeating it
Another day another plane another same thing
Yesterday became tomorrow that's the strange thing
Another string another strum another rhyme another hum

I want to breathe in
I want to breathe in and out again

I'm tired of putting one foot in front of the other
I'm weary of where it leads me too
I'm tired of moving on from my father
Make me rest my head and take a breath or two

Simply stated simple minded love for you
Has simply been completely complicated
And I'm finding
This daily drudgery is finally catching up to me
Its time for this abandon to make much of you
And less of me

I want to breathe in
I want to breathe in and out again

I'm tired of putting one foot in front of the other
I'm weary of where it leads me too
I'm tired of moving on from my father
Make me rest my head and take a breath or two

O for a slower pace
Moving at the speed of sound sounds like a race to me
O to be at ease
Moving at the speed of sound gets hard on the knees

I'm tired of putting one foot in front of the other
I'm weary of where it leads me too

I'm tired of putting one foot in front of the other
I'm weary of where it leads me too
I'm tired of moving on from my father
Make me rest my head and take a breath or two

jimmy needham - arrows

I see you hidin' there
Behind the orphan's stare
Every time I breathe the air
There's no denyin'
From the oceans wide
To the star-filled sky
To my baby's cry
Oh, you're everywhere
There's nowhere I go your glory isn't revealed
I just look up and see it

Everywhere I go I see arrows
Pointing the way back to you
Everything I see grabs ahold of me
Leading me straight back to you

Maybe plato's right
There is more than meets the eye
What I witness with my eyes
Tells a bigger story
Like the serpent on the staff
Like the ark that Noah had
You're painting pictures that, oh
Echo your glory
When Moses struck the rock the secret was spilled
'cause the spring is Jesus

Make me an arrow
Put me in your bow
Pull back and let go
And send me wherever you want me to go
I'll be your shadow
You lead I'll follow you

Everywhere I go I'm an arrow
Leading the way back to you
In pleasure or in pain
Just like sunshine and rain
I'll be an arrow for you
I will follow you

jimmy needham - before and after

I said you gotta leave, you gotta promise me
It's the beginning of my end, you gotta promise me
How can a holy God renew a wicked Pharisee
I'm saying I'm like Peter in the boat, so just depart from me
It seems I'm destined for doom like ancient prophesy
And in the dark I'm consumed, it's just too much for me
With sin in full bloom, my gloom booms by the full moon
And I'm thinking to myself, Â?how can You rescue me?'

My before and after
I can't but sing
My before and after
I'll sing praises to my King
My before and after
Here's the anthem, let it ring
One love, two arms, three scars
Draw us to where You are
No one is too far for You to save a heart

Then in the darkness of this room, You snuck up next to me
LyricsYou put your hand upon my wound and whispered Â?rest in me'
And there I stepped out of the tomb and into destiny
The rest they say is history
Your grace is such a mystery

My before and after
I can't but sing
My before and after
I'll sing praises to my King
My before and after
Here's the anthem, let it ring
One love, two arms, three scars
Draw us to where You are
No one is too far for You to save a heart

I got a name change
And that's the strange thing
Â?Cause I was once stained
But now I'm called saint

My before and after
I can't but sing
My before and after
I'll sing praises to my King
My before and after
Here's the anthem, let it ring
One love, two arms, three scars
Draw us to where You are
No one is too far for You to save a heart

jimmy needham - all we need is need

I was just a good kid
Hope someday to be a pastor
Watch my language
Memorize verse and chapter
But is that really what you're after?

Well I had my hands full
Couldn't take what you were giving
In my household
There wasn't space for you to live in
What's it take to be forgiven?

Doing my best just to hide my mess
But all we need is need
Working so hard on my righteousness
But all we need is need
You want a heart that's open
A hallelujah that's broken
Woah oh oh
Woah oh oh
All we need is need

We all get so dressed up
Thinking maybe we'll impress you
At our best we're messed up
There ain't nothing that we can do
It's what we get not what we give you

So come on mercy
Lead the way to the father
We are thirsty
Fill us with living water
The less we have the more you offer

There's nothing we can do
We need you, yes we do
We need you
We need you
We need

jimmy needham - before the throne of god

Before the throne of God above
I have a strong and perfect plea
A great High Priest whose name is love
Who ever lives and pleads for me

My name is graven on His hands
My name is written on His heart
I know that while in heaven, He stands
No tongue can bid me thence depart
No tongue can bid me thence depart

When Satan tempts me to despair
And tells me of the guilt within
Upward I look to see Him there
Who made an end to all my sin

Because the sinless Savior died
My sinful soul is counted free
For God, the Just, is satisfied
To look on Him and pardon me
To look on Him and pardon me

Behold Him there, the risen Lamb
My perfect spotless righteousness, yes
The great unchangeable I am
The King of glory and of grace

One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ, my Savior and my God

One with Himself I cannot die
My soul is purchased by His blood
My life is hid with Christ on high
With Christ, my Savior and my God
With Christ, my Savior and my God
With Christ, my Savior and my God

jimmy needham - being small

Yeah yeah yes, oh
Why i wanna be a hurr-i-cane
When iâ??m barely a breeze?
Cause iâ??ve already seen Your strom
Bring me down to my knees
Just when we think we made it high enough
You knock us back to the ground
Weâ??re all trying to move up fast
Canâ??t see the contrast
To how King came down

Cause i canâ??t build my towers higher
And live inside Your fire
No no no no no

Chorus
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 itâ??s You thatâ??s getting bigger
i donâ??t mind
Being small
Being small

Maybe if i shout real loud
Maybe than iâ??ll draw a crowd
And theyâ??ll finally cheer
Or maybe i should tone down
Never make a sound now
Anything to draw them near
Or maybe thereâ??s more to life
Than trying to make a name
Even though they say it ainâ??t so
So maybe i should step on down
Hand off the Kingâ??s crown
To the guy on the phone

Cause i canâ??t build my towers higher
And live inside Your fire
No no no no oh no

Chorus
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 itâ??s You thatâ??s getting bigger
i donâ??t mind
Being small

These people wonâ??t miss me
iâ??ll be out of their memories
The ground will forget me for sure
Only One is remembered
One Name to be treasured
Is Yours

Chorus
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

Oh oh oh, so maybe hopefully
Iâ??ll see less of me, more of You
And itâ??s true, iâ??ll be finally free yeah
Thatâ??s what i want after all, yeah

Chorus
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 itâ??s You thatâ??s getting bigger
I donâ??t mind
Being small
Being small
Being small
Being small oh, yeah
Being small, oh

jimmy needham - benediction

No one is good not even one

The front pages of papers of children raped by rapist
Iraqi torture chambers and we the blame claim we're blameless
Wrong all
And swelling up inside of us there's this pride in us this arrogance
And our only line of defense is the sense that
Im not as half as bad as this friend of mine so I must be fine
We mean well don't we
Yet I've never seen good intentions set a man free from
Hurt all
This poor unfortunate soul
Filling a single void with toy after toy with girl after boy
How boring this wasn't this meant to be Humanity's life story
Warring with Good saying what have you done for me
Bough all
Hanging out for six hours marred beyond recognition
In complete submission to his father will still
A proclamation was made louder than the loudest temptation
With more beauty than all his creation
More eternal than eternity more angelic than the heavenlies
It Is done for you and bought with blood
Accept
Rejoice
For freedom has come

jimmy needham - clear the stage

Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze
If that's the measure you must take
To crush the idols

Jerk the pews & all the decorations, too
Until the congregations few, then have revival
Tell your friends that this is where the party ends
Until you're broken for your sins
You can't be social
Then seek the lord
And wait for what he has in store
And know that great is your reward
So just be hopeful

'cause you can sing all you want to
Yes, you can sing all you want to
You can sing all you want to
And still get it wrong
Worship is more than a song

Take a break from all the plans that you have made
And sit at home alone and wait for god to whisper
Beg him please to open up his mouth and speak
And pray for real upon your knees
Until they blister
Shine the light on every corner of your life
Until the pride and lust and lies are in the open
Then read the word and put to test
The things you've heard
Until your heart and soul are stirred
And rocked and broken

We must not worship something that's not even worth it
Clear the stage, make some space
For the one who deserves it

Anything I put before my god
Is an idol
Anything I want whit all my heart is an idol
Anything I can't stop thinking of
Is an idol
Anything that I give all my love is an idol

'cause I can sing all I want to
Yes, I can sing all I want to
We can sing all we want to
We can sing all we want to
We can sing all we want to
And still get it wrong
Worship is more than a song

Clear the stage and set the sound and lights ablaze
If that's the measure
You must take to crush the idols

jimmy needham - come around

I thought I'd win them all with words
I'd say a smooth little line to win the room every time
And they'd be moved by what they heard
My tongue as empty as my heart
It's not enough to play the part
O Jesus give me more than words

We pass out paper facts all week but they won't come around
Apologetic reasoning, but they won't come around, come around
There's only one way they'll come and it's love

I am a one man marching band
And you'll be mighty surprised to realize just how I'm playing my songs
It's all live music ten till one
Come hear some cymbal crashing, son
And maybe hear me beat the gong

We pass out paper facts all week but they won't come around
Apologetic reasoning, but they won't come around, come around
There's only one way they'll come and it's love

Men with other men loving the mammon more than God
LyricsMan, they're in a sinking ship and who can save them?
God can
Maybe for a minute I can get back to the heart of it
Sure I've got zeal, but does love have a part in it?
Passionate words and beautiful phrases
They just don't mean much if I don't have Jesus in it

We pass out paper facts all week but they won't come around
Apologetic reasoning, but they won't come around, come around
There's only one way they'll come and it's love

And it's love

jimmy needham - daddy s baby girl

They said you have me wrapped around your finger
Like the ribbons that you wear in your hair
Maybe 'cause when I see your little fingers holdin? onto mine
I don't have a care
You've got me buyin? you bows and dresses
Oh, what a beautiful mess that this is

I think I'm in love
She's two foot three
Eyes blue and green
I just can't get enough
She got my heels over my head
Or better yet, she got me movin? to the beat of her drum
And if love were time, I would spend all mine
Just livin? inside her world
'cause she's daddy's baby girl

They warned that you'd demand all my attention
Not to mention you?re my very first child
It's true I'm spending nearly half an hour
Making faces just to get you to smile
You?ve got me doing these silly little dance moves
I hope this don't make it onto youtube

Soon she'll crawl, then walk, then talk, she's here for a while
Then sweet sixteen, and like a dream, she's down the aisle

I believe I'm in love
She's two foot three
Eyes blue and green
I just can't get enough
She got my heels over my head
Or better yet, she got me movin? to the beat of her drum
And if love were time, I would spend all mine
Livin? inside her world
Cause she's daddy's baby girl

She may leave, but she'll always be my world
'cause she's daddy's baby girl

jimmy needham - dearly loved

Jimmy Needham Dearly Loved Lyrics
(Matthew 11:28)

Please lay down your arrows
For they?re sure to pierce the skin
And water from a broken well
Will make you thirst again
When all things you?ve acquired
Are tested by the flames
And you can see them melting
Then will you call his name

It?s worth it brothers
It?s worth it friends
To know your maker
To lose your sin
Did you know that you are dearly loved

To the slaughters you are being led
Being told that it?s a party
That this God is in your head
And every single lie
Sounds just like the greatest truth
But the one truth you?re not hearing
Is that he died for you

No greater joy
No greater peace
No greater love than this

It?s worth it brothers
It?s worth it friends
To know your maker
To lose your sin
Did you know that you are dearly loved

jimmy needham - fence riders

Am I foolishness to you
And is it laughable the things I do
Can you callused minds see past yourselves to his devine
Am I foolishness to you

Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry

You call it loosening up
Loosening up
I call it spiraling down
Only one thing's the same
Only one thing remains
Jesus Jesus

Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense

To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry

You're all asleep
You're all asleep
You're all asleep oh children
But he's over needed
You don't see it no

Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry

Can I sing about my maker
And have you not role your eyes
Can I weep about my maker
And the way he died
I know it don't make sense
To those who ride the fence
But I'm so out to cry

jimmy needham - firefly

It's tulips and it's daisies
Your favorite flowers lately
You think that I ain't listening, but you know I do
With your two lips on me baby
My head starts getting dazey
Don't give me a flower
What I want is you

It happened on the day you put your hand in mine
You went up to my head just like a glass of wine
Girl, you spark my attention like a firefly
And make me happy to be alive

You move into a room like
Summer breeze at noon time
Baby, out of nine, I'd give you ten
Your love is like an ocean
Surf and spray in motion
Baby, I'm a diver and I love to swim

It happened on the day you put your hand in mine
You went up to my head just like a glass of wine
Girl, you spark my attention like a firefly
And make me happy to be alive

These are just simple words of mine
And though most of what I feel is hard to rhyme
Ain't it good to know your boy gave it a try?
O a try
It'd take a thousand colors just to paint your eyes
Like saving grace, they raise me up to paradise
This ain't opinion, it's consensus from my heart and mind
You make me happy to be alive

jimmy needham - for freedom

(Galatians 5:1-2)

O to be delighted by you
And to see the colors of your train
And to be freed by you
That would be that would be
That would be my claim to fame
So rejoice my friend because my friend
You've got a friend and friend indeed
It is for freedom he set us free

But simon says to fill your void
With toy after toy after girl after boy
After all isn't that what we were meant for
Please believe me when I say
It is for freedom he set us free

O poor us we sigh
Pour us out I cry
So we can be free

The bigger picture is there is a holy calling
O how I'm slowly falling
Falling falling in love
And your water has been pouring out on me
How could I be so naive
It is for freedom it is for freedom
It is for freedom he set us free

jimmy needham - forgiven amp loved

Tell me I'm forgiven and loved
Â?Cause I hear it from the street corner priests
On how God is love and how man can be clean
But my joy has been on holiday
And my peace has almost passed away
Tell me I'm forgiven and free

O I tried and tried to rectify my hopeless situation
But I bought the lie I still have work to do
Now I'm working nine to five like I can earn my own salvation
But there is no condemnation in You

O whisper to me now that it's for real
Â?Cause in the silence of these walls righteousness lost its appeal
Dirty deeds have done me in
O but that can't stop the faithful friend
Giving mercy once again as You heal
Here it is I'm feeling it

O I tried and tried to rectify my hopeless situation
But I bought the lie I still have work to do
Now I'm working nine to five like I can earn my own salvation
But there is no condemnation in You

O He died, He died to rectify my hopeless situation
And His blood commands my guilt to leave
Now on Calvary I stand
Empty pockets, open hands
O there is no condemnation for me

O I tried and tried to rectify my hopeless situation
But I bought the lie I still have work to do
Now I'm working nine to five like I can earn my own salvation
But there is no condemnation in You

Child, you're forgiven and loved
Child, you're forgiven and loved
Child, you're forgiven
And child, you are loved
Child, you're forgiven and loved

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