There's a lighthouse on the hillside That over looks life's sea When I'm tossed it sends out a light, A light that I might see And the light that shines in darkness Now will safely lead me home If it wasn't for the lighthouse My ship would sail no more. Everybody who lives around us Says tear that lighthouse down The big ships They don't sail by this way anymore, Ain't no use it standing around Then my mind goes back To the stormy night when just in time, I saw the light, Oh 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. For Jesus is the lighthouse, And from the rocks of sin, He has shown the light around me That I might clearly see If it wasn't for the lighthouse Tell me where would this ship be?