I think I’ll push through and finish my survey of Voices As One Volume 2, blogging all the songs I haven’t already covered already from other collections.
This is a countrified slow P&W song by Billy James Foote and it appears a popular song.
It has the form verse/verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus. The text is here. I can’t see any liturgical uses.
The sheet music is available to purchase at various sites on the internet including musicnotes. There is a full orchestral arrangement at jwpepper.
It reminds of a slower version of John Prine’s “Paradise”. My backing is all country: