Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Saint of Lost Causes, artist - Justin Townes Earle. Date of issue: 23.05.2019
Song language: English
The Saint of Lost Causes |
| I’m a bad dream |
| I’m not a nightmare, I’m too goody for that |
| Let’s just say I’m the last thing you wanna see coming |
| I’m the reason they say watch your back |
| For so long, I was like a wounded hound |
| Backed into a chainlink fence |
| The world at large was just a big, mean kid |
| Poking me through the fence with a stick |
| Ain’t nobody goin' back |
| It takes a whole lotta hurt |
| Therein lies one of life’s biggest lessons |
| Ain’t got nothin' to do with deserve |
| Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes |
| Now it’s a cruel world |
| But it ain’t hard to understand |
| You got your sheep, got your shepherds |
| Got your wolves amongst men |
| It can be hard to tell |
| You might find a wolf in shepherd’s clothes |
| And now and then you’re gonna find sheep |
| In amongst all those troubled souls |
| You know the folks that’s most afraid of the wolf |
| If you really stop and think |
| Throughout time, between a wolf and a shepherd |
| Who do you think has killed more sheep? |
| Nah, there’s nothing can be done |
| It’s just the way it goes |
| First you get bad, then you get mean |
| Then there’s nothing left but to grow cold |
| And pray to the Saint of Lost Causes |
| Some will say I’ve got no feeling |
| No heart, and surely no shame |
| Truth is that this has been with me so long |
| That I, I must admit I kinda like the pain |
| How many encounters do you ever have |
| But again, how many wolves you ever seen? |
| You got about as much chance of seeing one of them |
| As you do running into me |
| Still take nothing for granted |
| Might live on the best block in Beverly Hills |
| Be sure you lock up tight at night |
| 'Cause you know poor folks ain’t got nothing to steal |
| Just pray to the Saint of Lost Causes |