About 10 years ago Lee Ann Womack came out with a song that changed everything in her career.  That song, “I Hope You Dance,” became a crossover phenomenon that had the very country Lee Ann Womack on pop radio airwaves.  While she briefly followed the pop market, Lee Ann returned to her country roots in a big way with her award-winning album There’s More Where That Came From and followed that up with the stunning Call Me Crazy last year.  While the latter record was critically acclaimed and a mild sales success, the album didn’t garner much support from radio so it isn’t a big surprise to see Lee Ann Womack finding a more ‘contemporary’ sound with “There Is A God,” the first single from her next album for MCA Nashville.

Fans of Trent Willmon might remember his single of the very same song and with one or two listens of it, that version of this Ashley Gorley and Chris DuBois-penned song felt over-sung, over produced and just plain over done.  The lyrics of the song paint a picture which basically says that with the unexpected beauty of the world and life that there must be more to it all than just ‘it happened.’  Essentially this is a sweet, thoughtful theological piece of country music that goes straight for the heart.  Lee Ann’s version is subtle and the production never feels like it’s there to mask a lackluster song from the listeners. 

This song may not please the traditionalists who enjoyed the last couple of albums from Lee Ann Womack but it’s also not as ‘pop’ as “Dance” was but it might just reach as many people with the strong lyric and Lee Ann’s expert delivery of them.