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Lost Unto This World Lyrics

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

I am lost unto this world x4

They herded me like cattle
Cut me down like corn
Took me from my babies
Before 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

I am lost unto this world x4

I was tortured in the desert
I was raped out on the piain
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 through their hands

I am lost unto this world x4

Oh Can I get no witness this unholy tale to teil
Was God the only one there watching
And weeping as l fell

Oh you among the living
Will you remember me at all
Will you write my name up
With a single finger scrawl
Across a broken window
In some long forgotten wall
That goes stretching out forever
Where the tears of heaven fall

I am lost unto this world x8
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Cover art for Lost Unto This World lyrics by Emmylou Harris

A song of despair that could not be lovelier.

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