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Overnight
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Sep 14, 2026 updated
Somewhere Down the Road album
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Song Meaning
Amy Grant writes to someone ready to quit — handed in a resignation, "fed up with all the disappointments," wondering what's the point of waiting any longer. She doesn't rush to fix the frustration; she just asks a single reframing question: "what's your hurry?"
Her chorus makes the case for delay directly: "if it all just happened overnight, you wouldn't know how much it means... you would never learn to believe in what you cannot see." Grant treats the waiting itself as doing something, not just standing between the listener and the goal.
Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen," and Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5:7 that believers "walk by faith, not by sight." Grant's repeated encouragement — "have a little faith... take it a day, a day at a time" — turns that ancient definition into something practical enough for an ordinary bad week.
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So, you've handed in your resignation,
Contemplatin' why nothin' turns out right.
A little fed up with all the disappointments,
So what's the point in wastin' any time?
It's only temporary, so what's your hurry?
No need to worry. Don't you know that,
[Chorus:]
If it all just happened overnight,
You wouldn't know how much it means?
Ye-ah
If it all just happened overnight,
You would never learn to believe
In what you cannot see,
Oo-oh
What you cannot see.
I feel like pace is at a standstill.
Do I wait till it falls into my hands?
A long highway ahead, gettin' started.
Steady hearted, is what I think I am.
There's somethin' to be said for experience.
Who knows what's ahead. Keep on goin'.
[Chorus]
(Take it a day, a day at a time)
One foot in front of the other,
(Take it a day, a day at a time)
No need to hurry, hurry.
(Take it a day, a day at a time)
It won't happen over night.
It won't happen over night.
Have a little faith,
(Have a little faith)
Must appreciate,
(Must appreciate)
Every single day,
Don't give up, no.
[2x]