Why Me Lord

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"Why Me Lord" is a popular gospel-influenced country song, best known through Kris Kristofferson’s 1972 hit recording reflecting on faith, gratitude, and personal unworthiness.

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instanceOf single
song
alsoKnownAs Why Me NERFINISHED
composer Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresBackingVocalsBy Larry Gatlin NERFINISHED
Rita Coolidge NERFINISHED
genre country
country gospel
gospel
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar
bass
drums
piano
vocals
hasLyricsLine Lord help me Jesus, I’ve wasted it so
Now that I know that I needed you so
Why me Lord, what have I ever done
hasMusicalStyle slow ballad
hasNotableCoverArtist Andraé Crouch NERFINISHED
CeCe Winans NERFINISHED
Conway Twitty NERFINISHED
Elvis Presley NERFINISHED
George Jones NERFINISHED
Johnny Cash NERFINISHED
Merle Haggard NERFINISHED
Ray Price NERFINISHED
Tammy Wynette NERFINISHED
The Statler Brothers NERFINISHED
hasReligiousContext Christianity NERFINISHED
hasSubject divine grace
prayer
repentance
includedInAlbum Jesus Was a Capricorn NERFINISHED
influencedBy gospel music
isBestKnownVersionBy Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
language English
leadVocalist Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
lyricist Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
originallyRecordedBy Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
performer Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED
recordingYear 1972
recordLabel Monument Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1972
theme Christian faith NERFINISHED
gratitude
personal unworthiness
redemption
writer Kris Kristofferson NERFINISHED

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Why Me alsoKnownAs Why Me Lord