"The Saints Who Have Never Been Caught" - Larry Jon Wilson

THE SAINTS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN CAUGHT

by Aaron Allen and Lee Fry
Beacon Light Music (BMI)
recorded by Larry Jon Wilson on
"Sojourner"


If a man ever yields to temptation
And breaks some tradition or law
They look for no good in his makeup
And Lord, how they look for his flaws

Chorus:

I'm a sinner, Lord how I know it
I'm weak, and I've blundered, I've failed
And I've tossed around on life's ocean
Like a ship so lost in a gale

They don't ask how he was tempted,
Or allow for the battles he's fought
His name becomes food for the jackals
All the saints who have never been caught

Chorus

Temptation is a whispering mistress
Like others I've heard her sweet call
I've yielded to the fire of the moment
I've known the shame in the fall

Chorus

I'm willing to trust in the Lord's mercy
Do the best my conscience has taught
But deliver me, Lord, from the judgment
Of all the saints who have never been caught