This song features Kandy King on lead vocal. This is a photo of taken backstage in 2009 before we sang at a dance recital.
I wrote this song back in 2005 (see below for the inspiration). Kandy has a voice like an angel! I hope you like the song.
My Prayer
Father hold me in your hand
My path is dark; a foreign land
Pain and danger from all sides
Please hear this lost lamb’s cry[Chorus]
Give me the strength to walk with you
Though I am weak, unable to
Break these chains that shackle me
Lift me high on angel wingsSome burdens weigh too much to bear
So many bear more than their share
Though temptations test my faith
I am protected by your grace[Chorus]
Give me the strength to walk with you
Though I am weak, unable to
Break these chains that shackle me
Lift me high on angel wingsWords and music by Fred W. Black, Copyright 2005, All rights reserved.
Listen to “My Prayer”:
About This Recording…
I made a couple of demos of the song (hoping to get someone to record it) but never like them all that much. I thought I needed a female voice to make the song sound right. So a couple of years ago Kandy came over and we recorded it. I think her voice fits the song perfectly. Jacob Ingle, my stepson, played the bass and I did the guitars and harmony. I finally got around to adding the 2nd guitar part and the harmony this week so I thought I’d post it! Kandy also sings a song on my wife’s Creative Movement DVD for Children.
How I came to write this song…
In 2005 I was at a Rhonda Vincent bluegrass concert at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro, NC. We had really good seats, maybe 3rd row. About halfway through the concert I looked over to the right side and saw a paraplegic young man in a wheelchair: he could only move a finger or two on one hand and his head. He was totally engrossed in the show, wheelchair bouncing to the beat from his head going up and down to the music! It really made an impression on me, as did the way Rhonda visited with him after the show. We saw him again at another bluegrass show (I think another Rhonda Vincent concert) too and talked to him and his parents and he was just as happy at that show. I think his name is Jordan but I’m not 100% sure. Kind of makes a healthy guy’s problems seem pretty insignificant and selfish.
I have more of my music online at my music site Fred Black Music.
Until next time,
Fred
