Love Land

Album: Love Somebody (2015)
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Songfacts®:

  • This bittersweet song is a tale of a girl's difficult journey through life as she comes to an understanding of God's mysterious purposes. McEntire told Taste of Country the tune, "just touched my heart." She added: "It's an inspirational, sad, uplifting song, all in one song,"
  • The understated ballad was written by Tom Douglas (Lady Antebellum's "I Run To You," Miranda Lambert's "The House That Built Me") and Rachel Thibodeau (Billy Currington's "Good Direction," Luke Bryan's "Buzzkill").

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