Words and Music by Kyle Matthews, Ginny Owens, Dwight Liles: BMG Songs, Inc.
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(Gospel Division)/Above The Rim Music (Administered by BMG Songs, Inc.)
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(ASCAP)
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He could have prospered in the suburbs
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Instead of working for the poor
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Down at the inner-city mission
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Where there's so much disappointment and very few rewards.
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For every victory there's a failure
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On these harsh and empty streets
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But if you ask what keeps him going
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He'll say, "I know where I'd be if Christ had given up on me-"
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Chorus:
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Beneath the symbol of a lost cause
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Is where I take my stand.
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Beneath the emblem of a Roman cross
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of a Sacrificial Lamb.
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Cause love never claims the victory
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Till it finally gives it's all.
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And that's why the grave is empty
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Beneath the symbol of a lost cause.
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I've been a slave to popular opinions,
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And I've memorized the Gospel of success,
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I've had a taste of the politics of power
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And the glamour that commands the world's respect.
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But when my eyes are turned to Jesus,
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Nailed on a Cross to die for me,
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I hear a cock crow in the distance
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And it shatters my illusions and drives me to my knees-
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Bridge:
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Where the last and the least meet the Prince of their Peace,
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Where the humble are honored and the hungry come to feast-
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Symbol of a Lost Cause
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| Ginny Owens |
