Lantern Josh Ritter

Be the light in my lantern
The light in my lantern, be the light
Be the light in my lantern
The 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 will take a bite
I can feel the world circlin'
Sniffin' 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 need light for my lantern
Light in my lantern tonight
Light in my lantern
Light in my lantern tonight