There′s a song I want to do right now, that reminds me of my grandmother

And you've heard me tell my history how she prayed me through

When I got saved, when I got delivered from drugs and alcohol, my grandmother, she told me

She said, "there′s a sound I want you to learn, and when you come back to my church I want you to sing it"

If it had not been for the Lord on my side

Tell me where would I be? Where would I be?

If it had not been for the Lord on my side

Tell me where would I be? Where would I be?

He kept my enemies away

He let the sun shine through a cloudy day

Oh, He wrapped me in the cradle of His arms

When He knew I'd been battered and torn, so

If it had not been for the Lord on my side

Tell me where would I be? I wanna know where would I be?

If it had not been for the Lord on my side

Tell me where would I be? Where would I be?

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! For it hadn't been for the Lord, where would we be?