better than i

April 29, 2005

for your listening pleasure: http://www.pixelsparks.com/mp3s/betterthani_leo.mp3. to download, right click the link and go to "save target as" or "download linked file as"

eliot, steve and joyce came over yesterday to record. i think the first time i heard this song was when joyce and eliot sang it together at SALT for their "get to know you" sharing. beautiful song! eliot's been wanting to lay down this song for a while now, so they finally got a chance to do it. you can hear their version here: http://www.pixelsparks.com/mp3s/betterthani.mp3. this morning i decided to give the song a shot, just to see how i would sound with, with joyce. i had no idea how tough this song was to sing until i tried it out myself!

i think the song is by joy williams, and the lyrics are as follows:

I thought I did what's right
I thought I had the answers
I thought I chose the surest road
But that road brought me here
So I put up a fight
And told You how to help me
Now just when I had given up
The truth is coming clear

For You know better than I
You know the way
I let go, the need to know why
For You know better than I

If this has been a test
I cannot see the reason
But maybe knowin', I don't know
Is part of gettin through
I try to do what's best
And faith has made it easy
To see the best thing I can do
Is put my faith in You

For You know better than I
You know the way
I let go, the need to know why
For You know better than I

I saw one cloud and thought it was the sky
I saw a bird and thought that I could follow
But it was You who taught that bird to fly
If I let You reach me, will You teach me

For You know better than I
You know the way
I let go, the need to know why
I'll take what answer You supply
Cause You know better than I

Posted by Leo Chan at April 29, 2005 12:39 AM