Better Than a Hallelujah

Beautiful words, melody, idea—everything.



"Better Than a Hallelujah" by Chapin Hartford and Sarah Hart
Performed by Amy Grant

(Verse 1)
God loves a lullaby
In a mother's tears in the dead of night
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

God loves a drunkard's cry,
The soldiers plea not to let him die
Better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

(Chorus)
We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

(Verse 2)
The woman holding on for life,
The dying man giving up the fight
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes

The tears of shame for what's been done,
The silence when the words won't come
Are better than a Hallelujah sometimes.

(Chorus)
We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah

(Bridge)
Better than a church bell ringing,
Better than a choir singing out, singing out.

(Chorus)
We pour out our miseries
God just hears a melody
Beautiful the mess we are
The honest cries of breaking hearts
Are better than a Hallelujah