there s a lighthouse on the hillside that overlooks life s sea when i m tossed it sends out a light that i might see and the light that shines in darkness now will safely lead me o re if it wasn t for the lighthouse my ship would be no more it seems that everybody about us says tear that old lighthouse down the big ships just don t pass this way anymore so there s no use in it standin around then my mind goes back to that one dark stormy night when just in time i saw the light yes it was the light from that old lighthouse that stands up there on the hill and i thank god for the lighthouse i owe my life to him jesus is the lighthouse and from the rocks of sin he has shown a light around me that i mighty clearly see if it wasn t for the lighthouse tell me where would this ship be i thank god for the lighthouse i owe my life to him jesus is the lighthouse and from the rocks of sin he has shown a light around me that i mighty clearly see if it wasn t for the lighthouse tell me where would this ship be 