Amy Grant

What if I, without a mother
Starin' from my TV
What if there were my brown eyed baby
Hungry as she could be
What if there were my family
What if there was my world
Waitin' on water, waitin' on a vaccine
Waitin' on someone to bring me a bag o' beans

Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, Have mercy on me

What if I was a mother
I was waitin' on me
Big success, so well dressed
On the other side of the sea
Livin' with my distractions
Life's been good to me
Maybe she's prayin'
Prayin' for a miracle
Maybe the answer is me

Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

I was born in Georgia
I could do as I pleased
I can get my hands on
Just about anything I might need
Who's that third world woman?
Maybe she could be
Could be a mother, could be a daughter
Could be a sister to me

Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me
Lord, have mercy on me

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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Somewhere Down the Road

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Somewhere Down the Road (2010)

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