Mercy

I was born by the river
On the shore the mud was black
Said how could anybody get that far off the track?
And you never saw your fathers face until you looked him in the eye
And you never knew that river running was the tears that you’d cry
My heart was stolen by the culture, all the people wearing rags
All along I somehow knew I really had it bad
So take my money take my clothes I just want to go back home
Now that I’ve got everything I never felt so alone
Never felt so alone
Tell me do you feel alone?
Oh Lord have mercy on me
Won’t you have some mercy on me?
Oh Lord have mercy on me
Won’t you have some mercy?
You were ruler of a country
Put the country on the map
You’d curse a clever sinner
Hear the wind the whip it cracks
And it’s not in the hymns I used to sing cause now the meaning seems all wrong
Is there soul in the words you speak or were you lying along?
Were they lying along?
Does it keep you hanging on?
Does it keep me hanging on?
Oh Lord have mercy on me
Wont you have some mercy on me?
Oh please have mercy on me
Won’t you have some mercy on me