Symbol Of A Lost Cause

He could have prospered in the suburbs

Instead of working for the poor

Down at the inner-city mission

Where there's so much disappointment

And very few rewards

For every victory there's a failure

On these harsh and empty streets

But if you ask what keeps him going

He'll say, "I know where I'd be

If Christ had given up on me"

Beneath the symbol of a lost cause

Is where I take my stand

Beneath the emblem of a Roman cross

Of a Sacrificial Lamb

'Cause love never claims the victory

Till it finally gives it's all

And that's why the grave is empty

Beneath the symbol of a lost cause

I've been a slave to popular opinions

And I've memorized the gospel of success

I've had a taste of the politics of power

And the glamor that commands the world's respect

But when my eyes are turned to Jesus

Nailed on a Cross to die for me

I hear a cock crow in the distance

And it shatters my illusions

And drives me to my knees

Where the last and the least

Meet the Prince of their Peace

Where the humble are honored

And the hungry come to feast