The Saint Of Lost Causes - Demo

I'm a bad dream
Not a nightmare, I'm too pretty for that
Let's say I'm the last thing you wanna see coming
I'm the reason they say watch your back
I've worked for so long, I'm just like a frightened hound
Backed against a chainlink fence
The world at large is like a big kid
Who's poking me through the fence with a stick

Now ain't nobody born bad
It takes a whole lotta hurt
But therein lies one of life's biggest lessons
Ain't got a damn thing to do with deserve
Not in the city of lost causes, hey

That's a cruel world
Ah, but it ain't hard to understand
See, you got your sheep, got your shepherd
You got your wolves in the form of man
Ah, but sometimes it can be hard to tell
Might get a wolf in a shepherd's clothes
Now and then you're gonna find sheep
In amongst all the troubled souls
But folks is always most afraid of the wolf
But if you really stop and think
Over time, between the wolf and the shepherd
Who do you think done killed the most sheep?

There's nothing can be done
For some it's just the way it goes
First you go bad, then you get mean
Then there's nothing left but to grow cold
And pray to the saint of lost causes, hey

Some will say I got no feelin'
No heart and surely no shame
The truth is, this has been with me so long
That I must admit I enjoy the pain, baby

How many encounters you had?
Better yet, how many wolves you even seen?
You got about as much chance to see one of them
As you do with any of me, baby
Don't take nothing for granted
Might live on the best street in Beverly Hills
You make sure you lock up tight at night
Remember poor folks ain't got nothing to steal

Not in the city of lost causes
Not in the city of lost causes