Lantern (Josh & Sam demo) Josh Ritter

Be the light in my lantern, the light in my lantern, be the light
Be the light in my lantern, light in my lantern, tonight
Be the light in my lantern, the light in my lantern, be the light
I need light in my lantern, light in my lantern, tonight

It's a hungry world out there
Even the wind'll take a bite
And I can feel the world circling
Sniffing round me in the night
And the lost sheep grow teeth
Forsake the lambs and lie with the lions

And the living is desperate
Precarious and mean
And getting by is so hard
That even the rocks are picked clean
And the bones of small contention
Are the only food the hungry find

I'll need light for my lantern, light for my lantern tonight
Light in my lantern, light in my lantern tonight

Where the thistles eat the thorns
And the roses have no chance
And it ain't no wonder that the babies
Come out crying in advance
And the children look for shelter
In the hollow of some lonesome cheek