Street Corner Preacher Lyrics - Last Days At The Lodge - Amos Lee

He got a new mercy, a new grace 

Street corner preacher with the angry face 

He got 2 years off for good behavior 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior 

That's two old ladies and a junkie now, now 

He can see for sure that his work is cut out 

Though he walks through the shadows he won't fear his neighbor 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior 

Bau bau, put it on back 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put it ooh bop 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put it ooh bop 

Ah put it in 

Ah, bau bau, ya ya 

Well, he understands the need for living it large 

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

Now he's working in a hospital washing dishes 

Walking through the fields of the lost inhibitions 

There is death everywhere, the new benediction 

To save the liver from awaking death is his conviction 

The eyes of man, well he seeks no favor 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior 

But there's a whole lotta trouble all around 

Every night the same old siren sound 

There's a whole lotta trouble all around 

Children, soldiers in this battle ground 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put 'em bop 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put 'em bop 

Ah put it in 

A bau bau, ya ya 

Well, a new sun and a second chance 

He unbolts the door and hops over the fence 

Young woman with a baby that her daddy gave her 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior 

But all around the war rages on 

Burnt out houses with the front door gone 

Well, his faith is his fountain, his love is his labor 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior 

Whoa, yeah, ahh 

Bau, bau, put it on back 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put it ooh bop 

Ah put it in 

Ah bau bau, put it ooh bop 

Ah put it in 

Ah, bau bau, ya ya 

He got a new mercy, a new grace 

Street corner preacher with the angry face 

He got 2 years off for good behavior 

Back in the neighborhood working for the savior