Do you remember Collin Raye? He is the country singer of the 90's with hits like Little Red Rodeo, One Boy One Girl, Love Me, Little Rock. He is also the guy playing the guitar in the Fruit of the Loom commercial where they are walking down the school hallway... kinda funny.
He had kind of disappeared from the music world for a while, but now he is back! His new CD is amazing and really quite different from his country albums. Entitled Through it All, His Love Remains, it is a collection of 16 Christian/Catholic hymns and original songs. The music is absolutely breathtaking. And the fact that the CD is dedicated to the granddaughter he lost to a degenerative neurological disorder is heartbreaking.
Leron gave it to me as one of my anniversary presents and I listen to it daily. He puts beautiful renditions of How Great Thou Art, Ave Maria and Amazing Grace with some originals like Undefeated and the title track Love Remains. It is really hard to pick a favorite and like all good music, a different song seems to speak to me each day.
Today my favorite is I get what I Need. Live Performance
I knew all the answers, the way my life should go
and when I used to say my prayers
I would tell God so
It seemed He wasn't listening
I thought He didn't care
but looking back it's plain to see
He was always there
I prayed for strength and i got pain to make me strong
i prayed for courage and i got fear to overcome
when i prayed for faith my empty heart brought me to my knees
i don't always get what i want i get what i need
i'm not saying that its easy
or that it doesn't hurt
when nothing seems to go my way
nothing seems to work
but these days i'm getting better at going with the flow
accepting that sometimes the answer to a prayer
is no
I prayed for strength and I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage and I got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith my empty heart brought me to my knees
I don't always get what i want I get what I need
Every time I've had a door slammed in my face
In time a better one was opened in its place
I prayed for strength and I got pain that made me strong
I prayed for courage but I got fear to overcome
When I prayed for faith my empty heart brought me to my knees
I don't always get what i want I get what I need
No I seldom get what I want
But I get what I need
Undefeated another really great song on the CD
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God Bless!
Hannah
The Farmer's Wife
