"There Was Jesus" lyrics

"There Was Jesus"
(feat. Dolly Parton)

Every time I try to make it on my own
Every time I try to stand, I start to fall
And all those lonely roads that I have traveled on
There was Jesus

When the life I built came crashing to the ground
When the friends I had were nowhere to be found
I couldn't see it then but I can see it now
There was Jesus

In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it
There was Jesus

For this man who needs amazing kind of grace
For forgiveness and a price I couldn't pay
I'm not perfect so I thank God every day
There was Jesus
There was Jesus

In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it

There was Jesus
On the mountains
In the valleys
There was Jesus
In the shadows
Of the alleys

There was Jesus
In the fire, in the flood
There was Jesus
Always is and always was, oh

No, I never walk alone
Never walk alone
You're always there

In the waiting, in the searching
In the healing, in the hurting
Like a blessing buried in the broken pieces
Every minute, every moment
Where I've been or where I'm going
Even when I didn't know it
Or couldn't see it
There was Jesus

There was Jesus
There was Jesus
There was Jesus


Writer(s): Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith, Zachary Williams
Zach Williams explained the following about "There Was Jesus", "This is the song that's really about just the reflection. I'm looking back at twenty years ago when I got no idea that God was in the moment. [...] But looking back now I can see that—you know—He had His hand in everything I was doing."
Speaking about the collaboration with Dolly Parton, Zach Williams told, "I remember her walking into the room and she told me—you know—she said, 'I heard this song from the first verse and half the chorus...' she said, 'I took my headphones off and I wanted to sing on this song with you.' For me that was just another cool moment of the record, just to have the honour and privilege to record a song with Dolly Parton."
album: "Rescue Story" (2019)
Zach Williams - Rescue Story album cover
Empty Grave
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Stand My Ground
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
The Struggle
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Good To Know
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
Turn It Over
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
RATTLE!
(Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)
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