Amos Lee Street Corner Preacher song lyrics

He got a new mercy a new grace

Street corner preacher with the angry face

He got two years off for good behavior

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior

Two old ladies and a junkie noddin' out

He can see for sure that his work is cut out

Though he walks through the shadows workin' for the savior

He understands the need for livin' large

But it's hard to get a job with a felony charge

Now he's workin' in a hospital washing dishes

Walkin' through the fields of the lost and the viscous

Every step every breath a new benediction

To save the living from a waking death is his conviction

In the eyes of man he seeks no favor

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior

There's a whole lot of trouble all around

Every night the same old sirens sound

There's a whole lot of trouble all around

Children soldiers in this battleground

A new sun and a second chance

He unbolts the door and hops over the fence

A young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior

All around the war rages on

Burnt out houses with the front door gone

His faith is his fountain his love is his labor

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior

He got a new mercy new grace

Street corner preacher with the angry face

He got two years off for good behavior

Back in the neighborhood workin' for the savior