Today (Feb 25),five-time GRAMMY-nominated, eight-time Dove Award-winning Brandon Heath releases new music with “He Is Not Worried,” which can be heard below. This track preview Heath’s upcoming album titled Enough Already, which is set for release on April 22. “He Is Not Worried” is available now to download or stream.
Like many of his most recent songwriting ideas, the seeds of for Heath’s new songs were planted in his backyard, a place where he’s spent a good portion of time over the past year thinking, praying and mowing his steep plot of land that includes a small creek, a play set for his young daughters and a fire pit for the men’s group that meets at his house. Essentially, his backyard is the place where his next album, due in 2022, has grown.
Ironically, when the pandemic shut down touring in 2020, Heath spent an unexpected amount of time in other people’s backyards. He decided to play small, safe outdoor shows by invitation-only in select backyards across the country. These “Brandon in the Backyard” dates were so enjoyable that Heath is making plans now to play an additional 30 backyards this spring and summer. Traveling with his family in an RV, Heath leads these events with his guitar; and more times than not, he’s completely unplugged.
“It’s been this new connection with my core fanbase, and it’s made me really excited about playing and how I play,” shares Heath.
Signed last year to both Centricity Music and Centricity Publishing, Heath is not only partnering with a new label, but is collaborating with songwriters he’s never written with before and producers with which he has not previously worked. Whether creating music with new colleagues or joining longtime friends, like recently with CMA award-winner Deana Carter on stage as she headlined the famed Ryman Auditorium for the first time, Heath brings his uncanny ability to both craft and then deliver songs to audiences around the world.
LYRICS: Brandon Heath – He Is Not Worried
Forget counting sheep
Can’t go to sleep
Thunder and lightning beat down on the street
Reluctantly walking downstairs
I know he’s still up down there
Reading his bible
At the kitchen counter
Like only a watchman would do at this hour
Says come over here little man
With a warm glass of milk in his hand
And if he’s not worried
Then I’m not worried
I lean on him like a rock
I know that nothing can hurt me
Steady and stable
Stubbornly faithful
Man of his word and he’s worthy
Patient and not in a hurry
And he is not worried
No no
He is not worried
No no
Never expected
He’d be here forever
Guess I just thought we would grow old together
He’d see my kids and he’d say
I told you you’d turn out okay
But he leans in to whisper
It’s okay to be sad
This won’t change a thing
I’ll always be your dad
I held on tight as I prayed
He said son you know I’m not afraid
If he’s not worried
Then I’m not worried
I lean on him like a rock
I know that nothing can hurt me
Steady and stable
Stubbornly faithful
Man of his word and he’s worthy
Patient and not in a hurry
And he is not worried
No no
He is not worried
No no
So when I get a little restless
With the storms of the world
And I’m up praying in the kitchen
For my own two little girls
I won’t let fear take hold of my hope
Not in my house or my heart cause I know
If he’s not worried
Then I’m not worried
I lean on him like a rock
I know that nothing can hurt me
Steady and stable
Stubbornly faithful
Man of his word and he’s worthy
Patient and not in a hurry
And he is not worried
No no
He can’t be shaken
No no
