Amy Grant

Songwriter: Pam Mark Hall

No longer what we were before
But not all that we will be
Tomorrow, when we lock the door
On all our compromising
When He appears
He'll draw us near
And we'll be changed by His glory
Wrapped up in His glory....

We will be like Him
For we shall see Him
As He is

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la....)

No longer what we saw before
But not all that we will see
Tomorrow, when we lock the door
On all our disbelieving
When He appears (holy, holy)
Our view will clear
And we'll be changed by His glory
Wrapped up in His glory....

But I'm caught in between
The now and the not yet;
Sometimes it seems like
Forever and ever
That I've been reaching to be
All that I am
But I'm only a few steps nearer
Yet I'm nearer....

No longer what we were before
But not all that we will be
Tomorrow, when we lock the door
On all our disbelieving
And He appears (holy, holy)
He'll draw us near
And we'll be changed by His glory
Wrapped up in His glory....

When He appears (holy, holy)
He'll draw us near
And we'll be changed by His glory
Wrapped up in His glory....

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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