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Simple Things
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Oct 30, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Birds in the morning and a line from "Unchained Melody" start Amy Grant's "Simple Things" at ground level. She feels like "a little girl" again, seeing "the makings of a memory" in an ordinary day, and the second verse adds a sunny afternoon, chit-chat at a street cafe, and a walk with no plan.
The hook names what she wants to hold onto: "True love and the miracle of forgiving." A short turn admits that she once wanted it all, and "Funny now the big things seem so small." Faith stays implicit instead of declared. The belief on offer is in small, dependable gifts, and forgiveness is the one that gets called a miracle.
Read next to Scripture, that outlook fits Jesus' invitation to consider the lilies in Matthew 6:28-29, Paul's call to forgive as God forgave in Ephesians 4:32, and the contentment praised in 1 Timothy 6:6. The ending, "A ray of light keeps shining," leaves the song hopeful without resolving every trouble it mentions.
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Wake up baby look around
Birds sing, ooooh that sound
Reminds me of a line
From Unchained Melody
[Pre-Chorus]
Feel like I'm a little girl
Best thing in the whole wide world
Is I can see the makings of a memory
I remember how it used to be
Well I'm still dreaming...
[Chorus]
Cuz I dream of simple things
I can believe in
Like the feeling this day brings
True love and the miracle of forgiving
I believe in simple things
[Verse 2]
Ain't nothing like a sunny day
Chit-chat at a street cafe
Just paint the picture, baby
Where you wanna be
[Pre-Chorus]
Take a walk, take a ride
So far, you and I
Don't need a plan
But we can share
This revelry
I remember how I used to want it all
Funny now the big things seem so small
[Chorus]
I dream of simple things
I can believe in
Like the feeling this day brings
True love and the miracle of forgiving
I believe in simple things
[Outro]
Through all the days
The blues, the greys
A ray of light keeps shining...