If truth is forbidden and hope is a flaw
Then I wanna be an outlaw
They say our faith is a wildfire spark
A danger sign in the gathering dark
They fear the light so they guard the dark
But they can't bind what the righteous sing
They lock the book, but the truth breaks free
They chain their hands, but they can't chain me
For the word runs wild like a desert breeze
A freedom on the wing
If love ensouls is hate to them
Then let love break the gates again
If loving like Jesus makes me an outlaw
Then carve my name into that old cross beam
If mercy's a crime I'll break every law
For grace runs deeper than any regime
If truth is forbidden and hope is a flaw
Then I wanna be an outlaw
They write new rules on the shifting sand
Declare His name contraband
But I won't bow to the laws of man
My King outranks their throne
They call good evil and wrong is right
But, saints, stand firm in the fiercest night
A lamp still burns in the outlaws' fight
For heaven claims its own
So let the powers rage and roar
God's outlaws rise forevermore
If loving like Jesus makes me an outlaw
Then carve my name into that old cross beam
If mercy's a crime I'll break every law
For grace runs deeper than any regime
If truth is forbidden and hope is a flaw
Then I wanna be an outlaw
If kindness is treason, then brand me a rebel
If peace is sedition, I'll trouble the devil
If preaching is freedom and shaking the throne
Then mark me guilty, I'm already His own
For no law written by trembling men
Can silence the cross or the empty tombs, Amen
If loving like Jesus makes me an outlaw
Then carve my name into that old cross beam
If mercy's a crime I'll break every law
For grace runs deeper than any regime
If truth is forbidden and hope is a flaw
Then I wanna be an outlaw
If loving like Jesus makes me an outlaw
Then chain these hands, but they still will praise
If faith is a felony, strike me in
I'll serve my Savior all of my days
If they call it treason to stand in His awe
Then let me be guilty
I wanna be an outlaw
If loving like Jesus makes me an outlaw
Then carve my name into the courts they fear
If speaking His truth is crossing the line
Then I'll cross it bold
I'll cross it clea
5:29
