The Mercy Seat Lyrics

I hold this letter in my handA plea, a petition, a kind of prayerI hope it does as I have plannedLosing her again is more than I can bearI kiss the cold, white envelopeI press my l...Read Full Lyrics

It's up in the morning and on the downsLittle white clouds like gambolling lambsAnd I am breathless over youAnd the red-breasted robin beats his wingsHis throat it trembles when he...Read Full Lyrics

You give me double vision, strange transmissionWhen you walk in the roomTongue tied feeling, can't see the ceilingYou've turned out the moonTell me, darling, what you're trying to ...Read Full Lyrics

It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics

Last night I lay tremblingThe moon it was lowIt was the end of loveOf misery and woe Then suddenly above meHer face buried in lightCame a vision of beautyAll covered in white Now t...Read Full Lyrics

Down the road I look and there runs MaryHair of gold and lips like cherriesWe go down to the river where the willows weepTake a naked root for a lovers seatThat rose out of the bit...Read Full Lyrics

Well the night was deep and the night was darkAnd I was at the old dance-hall on the edge of townSome big ceremony was going downWell dancers writhed and squirmed and thenCame apar...Read Full Lyrics

One morn I awakenedA new sun was shiningThe sky was a KingdomAll covered in bloodThe moon and the starsWhere the troops that lay conqueredLike fruit left to witherPoor spiritual fo...Read Full Lyrics

I got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistI got a womanShe rules my house with an iron fistShe screams out Jack the RipperEvery time I try to give that girl a kissOh well I ...Read Full Lyrics

They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...Read Full Lyrics