Craig Morgan sings plenty of positive, feel-good songs. Known for his energetic performances on stage, the 60-year-old admits there is one song that he has trouble singing without getting emotional: "God's Problems." The song, from his latest American Soundtrack EP, is the only song he didn't write on the project.
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"I just don't want to be one of God's problems," Morgan explains to Taste of Country.
The song says in part, "I'll never be perfect / But I'm doing the best I can / I'm gonna be working on being a better man / I can't undo the things I've done / They've led me to who I've become / But I don't wanna be just another one / of God's problems."
"I know it sounds cheesy, but I live my life in an attempt to do good and to be kind and caring and helpful in life," he says. "I work very hard at not being one of God's problems, so that song really affects me."
"The Father, My Son, And The Holy Ghost"
"God's Problems" likely isn't the only son that brings Morgan to tears during his live shows. The Grand Ole Opry member tragically lost his son, Jerry, in 2016, due to accidental drowning. Morgan later wrote "The Father, My Son, And The Holy Ghost" about his grief over losing his child. Jerry was 19 years old when he passed away.
It was Ricky Skaggs who convinced Morgan to release the tear-jerker, after Morgan performed the song at the Grand Ole Opry.
"I walked off the stage, thinking I might never perform it again," Morgan recalls to People. "But standing there was Ricky Skaggs, and he told me that I simply had to perform it again. I had to get through this and find a way to share this song with as many people as I could."
Morgan says it was divine intervention that helped him write "The Father, My Son, And The Holy Ghost," which he penned completely by himself.
"It was 2:30 in the morning and there I was, singing the entire chorus in my head before I even woke up enough to put the words down on paper," Morgan remembers. "It was the first time something like that had ever happened to me."
