In 2008, Joan Baez encountered her favourite lyric. She sang them even before the songwriter who wrote them

Joan Baez has named a line from Steve Earle’s “God Is God” among her favourite lyrics, praising its mix of faith, wonder and uncertainty. The song was written for Baez, who recorded it on her 2008 album *Day After Tomorrow*, and reflects her long-standing ability to bring hope to songs without glossing over hardship.

Earle later recorded the song himself in 2010, after asking Baez’s permission. He said the lyrics were too good to leave unused and called the track one of his best songs. The article places Baez’s admiration for Earle’s words alongside her own songwriting, including “Diamonds and Rust”, and her decades of performing protest songs, traditional ballads and personal material.