Amy Grant

Something happened the other night
Right after the show
Someone handed me a photograph
Of a girl from a long time ago
With wind in her hair, sun in her smile
Hardly a care and no sense of style
She was free
Yeah, free
Couldn't help myself traveling in time
I was back on that stage
Hanging on to Denzel Martin guitar
While the music played, singing
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Turning around in an old tie-dyed dress
Barefoot and breezy, a beautiful mess
I was free
Yeah, free
Now I'm thinking 'bout the days gone by
How we change and we don't know why
I'd pull out that old dress if I could
Spin around, it would sure feel good, singing
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I can hear the music
Echo from that photograph
The passion and the surrender
I wanna get that feeling back
The wind in my hair, sun in my smile
Hardly a care and a little wild, singing
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
(Oh oh oh, oh oh oh)
The wind in my hair, the sun in my smile
Hardly a care, a little wild
The wind in my hair, the sun in my smile
Hardly a care and a little wild
I was free, I was free
Been thinking 'bout the days gone by
And I feel fine

By the time Amy Grant was nineteen, she was Contemporary Christian music’s most celebrated singer. Grant grew up in the Church of Christ where she sang for God two nights a week. As a teen, she decided to pursue a career in music, writing her first song while attending devotional meetings at her high school.

Grant recorded a demo while working as an intern at a recording studio and the owner was so impressed he signed her to his own label and released her first album Amy Grant in 1977. It spawned three top 10 songs on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart.

The following year, Grant began touring while balancing college studies. Her second album My Father’s Eyes was released in April 1979. At its record release party, she met future first husband gospel singer Gary Chapman. He’d written its title track, and it would become her first of many Christian Songs Chart-toppers. Her third album Never Alone came out in 1981 and features the #3 Christian Songs hit “Look What Has Happened To Me”.

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