AMY GRANT - FATHER'S EYES

FATHER’S EYES

AMY GRANT

COMPOSER: GARY CHAPMAN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: MY FATHER EYES

LABEL: MYRRH RECORDS

GENRE: GOSPEL

YEAR: 1979

    My Father's Eyes is the second studio album by then-teenage Christian singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 1979 on Myrrh Records. My Father's Eyes was a turning point in Grant's career. It gave her first Christian number-one hit in the title track, as well as the Top Ten Christian hit "Faith Walkin' People." The album would be certified gold in 1987 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance, Contemporary.

   In 2007, like many other albums by Grant, My Father's Eyes was reissued by Sparrow Records, her current label.

I may not be every mother's dream for her little girl,

And my face may not grace the mind of everyone in the world.

But that's all right, as long as I can have one wish I pray:

When people look inside my life, I want to hear them say,

She's got her father's eyes,

Her father's eyes;

Eyes that find the good in things,

When good is not around;

Eyes that find the source of help,

When help just can't be found;

Eyes full of compassion,

Seeing every pain;

Knowing what you're going through

And feeling it the same.

Just like my father's eyes,

My father's eyes,

My father's eyes,

Just like my father's eyes.

And on that day when we will pay for all the deeds we have done,

Good and bad they'll all be had to see by everyone.

And when you're called to stand and tell just what you saw in me,

More than anything I know, I want your words to be,

She had her father's eyes,

Her father's eyes;

Eyes that found the good in things,

When good was not around;

Eyes that found the source of help,

When help would not be found;

Eyes full of compassion,

Seeing every pain;

Knowing what you're going through,

And feeling it the same.

Just like my father's eyes,

My father's eyes,

My father's eyes,

Just like my father's eyes.

My father's eyes,

My father's eyes,

Just like my father's eyes.