"Take Me Back" lyrics - MAVERICK CITY MUSIC & KIRK FRANKLIN

When the storm's out on the ocean
And the violent wind gets to blowing
Oh, take me back, back
All the way back
Oh, take me back to my first love
Sing it again, "When the storm's out," hey
When the storm's out on the ocean
And the violent wind gets to blowing
Oh, You're faithful to take me back, back
All the way back
Oh, take me back (Say, "Back"), back
(All the way) All the way back
(Oh) Oh, take me back, back
All the way back
Oh, take me back to my first love (My first love)

You are real to me
I have known it from the start (Oh)
And there's no in-between (No in-between)
The heavens and my heart, yeah
And You are near to me
I've never been too far, hey
I can't outrun Your grace, I can't outrun Your grace
And in the in-between
You brought Heaven to my heart, yeah

Oh, when the storm's out on the ocean
(And the violent wind gets to blowing) And the violent wind gets to blowing (Let the wind blow, let it blow, let it blow)
('Cause I know You'll) Oh, take me back, back
All the way back
(Oh, take me) Oh, take me back (Take me back), back (Take me back)
All the way back (Hey!)
Oh, take me back (Yeah), back
All the way back
Oh, take me back to my first love

Where I first saw the light, take me back here
Where I first gained my sight, take me back
At the Cross, at the Cross
Where Jesus died, take me back
At the Cross, at the Cross
When I first saw the light, just take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross
Where my Jesus died, oh, take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross
When I first saw the light, would You take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross?
When I first received my sight (Hey!), take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross
When I first saw the light, would You take me back?
To the Cross, to the Cross
When I first saw the light, oh, take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross
Oh, come on, say, "Would You take me back?"
To the Cross, to the Cross
When I first saw the light, take me back
To the Cross, to the Cross
Where my Jesus died, take me back

At the Cross where my Savior (Yeah)
Oh, there to my heart was the blood applied
Singing, glory to His name
I'll be forever singing glory to His name, precious name
Singing glory to His name
(There) There to my heart was the blood applied
I'm singing glory to His name (One more time)
I'll forever be singing glory to His name, that precious name
I'm singing glory to His name
(There to my heart) There to my heart was the blood applied
I'll be singing glory to His name

Thank You for the blood, Jesus (Thank You for the blood, Jesus)
He made the devil a liar when He gave us His blood (Yes, sir)
Oh, every past flaw, every past sin, every mistake
I just declare that through the blood of Jesus
You are free, You are clean
You are made righteous in His sight
You are royalty, chosen for such a time as this
Chosen for the world to hear what the Lord has done
Hey, He makes all things new
He makes all things new
He makes all things new
He makes all things new
The blood speaks a better word (The blood speaks a better word)
What is it saying over you? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
The blood speaks a better word
Oh, I'm the living proof
That you can be one way and come out another
You can come from darkness into light
From wrong, stepping into right (Yeah)
What does the blood say about you? (What does the blood say about you?)
That you're royal, a royal priesthood
Chosen for such a time as this
Before you were in your mother's womb
Before you was in your mother's womb
He had a plan and a purpose for you (What does the blood say about you?)
And that was to bring you into an expected end

This is not the end
This is not the end (Hey)
This is not the end (Hey)
This is not the end (He got a plan for you)
This is not the end (You're just getting started)
This is not the end (Said, you're just getting started)
This is not the end (Said, you're just getting started)
This is not the end (You're just getting started)
This is not the end (Eyes have not seen)
This is not the end (Ears have not heard)
This is not the end ([?] entered into the mind's of men)
This is not the end (Everything the Lord has planned for us)
This is not the end (Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready)
This is not the end (Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready)
This is not the end (Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready)
Oh, the hand of God is on your life
It can't be the end
It can't be the end (Hey, hey, hey)
It can't be the end
When the hand of the Lord is on your life (It can't be the end)
This can't be the end
This can't be the end (No, hey)
This can't be the end
When His hand is on your life
When His hand is on your life (Hey)
No man can take away
What the Lord has placed on you
Every word cursed, rebuke it now
Every word cursed, rebuke it now
'Cause there's nothing a man can't do when His hand is on your life
When it's on your life, hey
I said, it's on your life
I don't care where you are right now, it's on your life
Yeah, His hand is on your life (Woo!)
His hand is on my life
I don't care what they said about you, it's on your life (Yeah, yeah)
I don't care how many years you got, it's on your life
There's nothing that a man can't do when His hand is on your life (It's on my life)
And His hand is on your life, hey
There's nothing a man can't do when God's hand is just on your life
Don't try to figure it out
Why are you still smiling?
Why are you still dancing?
Why are you still singing?
'Cause His hand is on my life

Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah (His hand is on your life)
(Oh)
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah (Come on)
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah (There's nothing you can't do)
Glory, glory, hallelujah (When His hand is on your life)

This is our confidence
This is our confidence
That His hand is on our lives (Oh, yeah)
Oh (His hand)
Come a long way, a long way
He's still walking with us
He's still talking with us, yes
He's still living and moving around us
'Cause His hand is on our lives, hey
I can't outrun if I want to (No), hey
Because He does what He wants to, hey
And before I was born or conceived
God's hand was still on my life

(Yeah)
(Yeah, yeah)
We sing (Yeah)
Hey, celebrate
We celebrate our freedom
We celebrate our freedom
We celebrate our freedom, hey, hey (Hallelujah)
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah (Hey, hey)
Glory, glory, hallelujah (Hey, hey)
(Glory, glory) Glory, glory, (Hallelujah) hallelujah
(I'm saved) Glory, glory (Set free), hallelujah (Redeemed)
Glory, glory (Holy Ghost-filled), hallelujah (I'm baptized)
Glory, glory (Glory, glory), hallelujah (Glory, glory)
Glory, glory (Hallelujah), hallelujah (I'm saved)
Glory, glory (Set free), hallelujah (Redeemed)
Glory, glory (Holy Ghost-filled), hallelujah (Fire baptized)
Glory, glory (His hand is on my), hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah
Glory, glory, hallelujah (There's nothing you can't do when His hand is on your life)
Glory, glory, hallelujah

Couldn't earn it, don't deserve it
But it's on my life, oh
It's on my life (Oh)
It's already there (Oh), already there (Oh)
Oh-oh-oh, oh (Jesus)
Oh-oh-oh (It's on my)
Oh-oh-oh (Oh, oh)
Oh-oh-oh (Oh, on my)
It's on my life
It's on my life
On my life
It's the reason I'm standing, 'cause it's on my life
It's the reason I'm still breathing, 'cause it's on my life
I should've been dead a long time ago, but it's on my life (Oh)
Should've been crazy, but His hand is on my life
Shouldn't be where I am today, but His hand is on my life, yeah
It's on my life (Oh)
Oh, His hand is on my life
His hand is on my life
Jesus Christ (Oh)
Has placed His hand upon my life, hey (Oh)
He's pouring fresh oil (Oh)
And He's paved a way for me, oh (Oh)
I'm very, very grateful (Oh)
I'm very, very grateful (Oh)
I'm very, very grateful (Oh)
Your hand is on our lives, oh
Your hand is on our lives, oh
We were left to be dead, but You came to rescue us (Oh)
We're living testimonies, yeah (Oh)
My God who never fails (Oh)
Of a God who's never failed (Oh)
He's never lost a battle, no (Oh)
He's never been defeated (Oh)
He conquered hell and grave (Oh)
He came to rise again, oh
And He's raising me with Him (Yeah), oh
He's raising me with Him (Yeah), hey (Oh)
He's raising me with him (Oh)
You've changed my life, You've saved my life (Oh)
You changed my name, You made me whole again, oh
That just what You do, woah
Your hand is on my life...