Amy Grant

Songwriter: Chris Christian Brown Bannister Amy Grant

I had laid some mighty plans
Thought I held them in my hands
Then my world began to crumble all away
I tried to build it back again;
I couldn't bear to see it end
How it hurt to know You wanted it that way

And I'm so glad
Glad to find the reason
That I'm happy-sad
That You've torn it all away
And I'm so glad
Though it hurts to know I'm leaving
Everything I ever thought that I would be
Once I held it in my hand
It was a kingdom made of sand
But now You've blown it all away
I can't believe that I can say
That I'm glad

Long before my plans were made
I know a master plan was laid
With a power that superseded my control
And if that truth could pierce my heart
I wouldn't wander from the start
Trying desperately to make it on my own

And I'm so glad
Glad to find the reason
That I'm happy-sad
That You've torn it all away
And I'm so glad
Though it hurts to know I'm leaving
Everything I ever thought that I would be
Once I held it in my hand
It was a kingdom made of sand
But now You've blown it all away
I can't believe that I can say
That I'm glad

So glad
Oh, I'm so glad
So glad....
Oh, I'm so glad....
Yes, I'm glad....
So very, very glad....

La la la....
La la la....
La, la la, la la, la la, la la....
Da da da....

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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Never Alone

From the album

Never Alone (1980)

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Never Alone