Lost Unto This World
Emmylou Harris
Lost Unto This World Written by Emmylou Harris & Danniel Lanois Recorded by Harris Emmylou 2008 Album: Stumble Into Grace [Intro] Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm I was once some mother’s darlin’ some daddy’s little girl More precious than the ruby more cherished than the pearl My heart was full of mercy and my forehead full of curl Now I am nothing and am lost unto this world [Chorus] I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world They herded me like cattle cut me down like corn Took me from my babies be- fore they could be born You can blame it on the famine you can blame it on the war You can blame it on the devil it don’t matter anymore [Chorus] I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I was tortured in the desert I was raped out on the pain I was murdered by the high way and my cries went up in vain My blood is on the mountain my blood is on the sand My blood runs in the river that now washes thru their hands [Repeat Chorus] I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world I am lost unto this world Oh can I get no witness this un- holy tale to tell Was God the only one there watching and weeping as l fell Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm Oh you among the living will you re- member me at all Will you write my name out with a single finger scrawl A- cross a broken window in some long forgotten wall That goes stretching out for- ever where the tears of heaven fall