Street Corner Preacher

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