I choose to stay far away from the ones

Who think money is money to share

Don't ask me why and I'll tell you no lies

Sonny don't come here no more

He don't drink from this well

He's done with the world and done with the girl

Don't ask him why and he'll tell you no lies

Those of us who are lost and low

We know how you feel

We know it's not right but it's real

But it's real

I don't ask for love

and I don't beg for money

I'm just asking for grace and forgiveness now honey

Don't ask me why and I'll tell you no lie

Been looking for love in unsavory places

On the highest of mountains and the lowest of bases

and I still don't know

I still don't know why

Those of us who are lost and low

We know how you feel

We know it's not right but it's real

But it's real

I took the wind from a sea

I took the blood from an arrow

I took the wisdom of spring

and I was the thrown and blown and tossed and turned

Until time found its hand and called it an end

Me and time we go way back when

I was a child and I always knew why

I knew my name, I knew my road

and I stayed away from heavy loads

But still, I'm low, oh lord am I low

Those of us who are lost and low

We know how you feel

We know it's not right but it's real

But it's real