Question: when was the song why me lord written
Answer: `` Why Me '' Single by Kris Kristofferson from the album Jesus Was a Capricorn B - side `` Help Me '' Released April 1973 Format 7 '' Recorded July 8 , 1972 Genre Country gospel Length 3 : 26 Label Monument Records 31909 Songwriter ( s ) Kris Kristofferson Producer ( s ) Fred Foster Kris Kristofferson singles chronology `` Jesse Younger '' ( 1972 ) `` Why Me '' ( 1973 ) `` A Song I 'd Like to Sing '' ( 1973 ) `` Jesse Younger '' ( 1972 ) `` Why Me '' ( 1973 ) `` A Song I 'd Like to Sing '' ( 1973 )