The Mercy Seat Lyrics

Onward! And Onward! And Onward I goWhere no man before could be bothered to goTill the soles of my shoes are shot full of holesAnd it's all downhill with a bulletThis ramblin' and ...Read Full Lyrics

Up those stone steps I climbHail this joyful day's returnInto its great shadowed vault I goHail the Pentecostal mornThe reading is from Luke 24Where Christ returns to his loved one...Read Full Lyrics

What we once thought we had, we didn'tAnd what we have now will never be that way againSo we call upon the author to explainOur myxomatoid kids spraddle the streetsWe've shunned th...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

I remember a girl so very wellThe carnival drums all mad in the airGrim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bellOh where do we go now but nowhereIn a colonial hotel we fucked up...Read Full Lyrics

I've felt you coming girl, as you drew nearI knew you'd find me, 'cause I longed you hereAre you my desitiny? Is this how you'll appear?Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?We...Read Full Lyrics

You have a heart and I have a keyLie back and let me unlock youThose heathens you hang with down by the seaAll they want to do is defrock youI know a river, where we can dreamIt wi...Read Full Lyrics

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in room 29WhyWhyThat's the one right up top a mineAh start to cry, Ah start to cryO Ah hear her walkin'Walkin' barefoot cross the f...Read Full Lyrics

Boatman calls from the lakeA lone loon dives upon the waterI put my hand over hersDown in the lime tree arbourThe wind in the trees is whisperingWhispering low that I love herShe p...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:]They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one As she...Read Full Lyrics