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Tuesday, May 25, 2010
"better than a hallelujah"
Just when Amy Grant was finally getting played on Christian radio again,
she slyly and wonderfully subverts it again with this song's honest lyrics (co written by Chapin Hartford and Sarah Hart..a ...gasp..Catholic, wait till the fundies find out).
Maybe next she'll cover a song about God smoking a cigarette, and being a little late..
Hope so!
Song and lyrics:
She even sang it in a Christian bookstore
(notice she snuck it in as a last quick song):
Amy talks about the song:
Live acoustic:
Ambient mix:
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christian bookstore,
lament,
psalms,
spirituality of music
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i love this tune, i've blogged about it twice now.
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