lyrics
Holding Onto Air (Official Lyric Video)
More Than a Little (Official Lyric Video)
Official lyric video for “More Than a Little” by Rick Paul.
It Is Well With My Soul – Lyric Video
Official lyric video for my cover of this classic hymn.
Stubborn Heart – Official Lyric Video
Official lyric video for “Stubborn Heart” by Rick Paul.
On My Way to You – Official Lyric Video
Official lyric video for “On My Way to You” by Rick Paul.
Story Behind the Song: “A Place to Meet Jesus”
Back in February of 2011, at an open mic performance in Huntington Beach, California, I announced my intention to release a recording of a song Al Lowry and I wrote in 2010 called “A Place to Meet Jesus” “in the next month or so”: Well, it took more than five and a half years, but … Read more
Story Behind the Song: “Help Us Understand”
I’d chosen the week of September 10, 2001 to be a solid week of songwriting. I got off to a respectable start that Monday, repurposing a melody I’d had left over from an abandoned musical theatre project by writing new lyrics and adding a musical bridge. The result was a Christmas song, “Santa’s Best”, which … Read more
Story Behind the Song: “It Might Be Memphis”
The large majority — I’d guess 75% or more — of my songs are written starting from the lyrics, whether I write those myself or get a lyric from a collaborator. “It Might Be Memphis”, which I’ve come to call my “wishful thinking” song (a more positive spin on it might be to call it … Read more
Story Behind the Song: “It Started in a Manger”
The year was 1982, and I was attending graduate school at USC in Los Angeles, California. I’d been attending the Newman Center (a small Roman Catholic church geared toward college students) near the USC campus and was planning to attend a Christmas party there. I don’t recall much about the party, but I do remember … Read more