Mercy Lyrics

All the towers of ivory are crumblingAnd the swallows have sharpened their beaksThis is the time of our great undoingThis is the time that I'll come runningStraight to youFor I am ...Read Full Lyrics

I lay down by the riverThe shadows moved across me, inch by inchAnd all that I heardWas the war between the water and the bridgeTurn to me (turn to me)Turn to me (turn to me)Turn t...Read Full Lyrics

Alice wakesIt is morningShe is yawningAs she walks about the roomHer hair rolls down her breastShe is naked and it is JuneStanding at the windowI wonder if she knows that I can see...Read Full Lyrics

For you dear, I was bornFor you I was raised upFor you I've lived and for you I will dieFor you I'm dying nowYou were my mad little loverIn a world where everybody fucks everybody ...Read Full Lyrics

As the snow fliesOn a cold and grey Chicago mornA poor little baby child is born in the ghettoAnd his mama criesCause there's one thing that she don't needIs another little hungry ...Read Full Lyrics

The wintergreen, the juniperThe cornflower and the chicoryWell all of the words you said to meAre still vibrating in the airThe elm, the ash and the linden treeThe dark and deep, e...Read Full Lyrics

Take a little walk to the edge of townAnd go across the tracksWhere the viaduct loomsLike a bird of doomAs it shifts and cracksWhere secrets lie in the border firesIn the humming w...Read Full Lyrics

Oh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaWell, you know you are my friend, yeahOh DeannaAnd I ain't down here for your moneyAnd I ain't down here for your loveI ain't down here...Read Full Lyrics

Mary, grab the baby, the river's risingMuddy water taking back the landThe old-frame house, she can't take-a one more beatingAin't no use to stay and make a standWell the morning l...Read Full Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics