Steve Earle & The Dukes - “The Saint Of Lost Causes“ [Live]

From the new album ’J.T.,’ out now (@NewWestRecords): Order listen: Vinyl CD: Amazon: Apple Music: Spotify: Pandora: Tidal: Deezer: Video by: Ehud Lazin LYRICS: I’m a bad dream Not a nightmare I’m too pretty for that Let’s say I’m the last thing You want to see coming I’m the reason they say watch your back But for so long I was like a wounded hound Backed into a chain linked fence The world at large was just a big, mean kid Poking me through the fence with a stick Ain’t nobody born bad Takes a whole lot of hurting Therein lies one of life’s biggest lessons Ain’t got nothing till we deserve it Just pray To the Saint of Lost Causes It’s a cruel world It ain’t hard to understand You got your sheep You got your shepherd You got your wolves amongst men It can be hard to tell Might find a wolf in shepherd’s clothes Now and then you’re going to find sheep Amongst all the troubled souls No more folks who’s most afraid of the wolf If you really stop and think Throughout time Between a wolf and a shepherd Who you think has killed more sheep There’s nothing can be done It’s just the way it goes First you get to bad then you get mean Then there is nothing left but to grow cold And Pray For the Saint of Lost Causes Some will say I’ve got no feelings No heart and surely no shame Truth is that this has been with me for so long That I must admit I like the pain How many encounters do you ever had Better yet how many wolves you ever seen You got as much of a chance as seeing one of them As you do of running into me Still take nothing for granted Might live on the best block in Beverly Hills Be sure you lock it tight at night Because you know poor folks having nothing to steal Just pray To the Saint of Lost Causes © 2021 New West Records