The Mercy Seat 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

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

Well, she sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcastShe breathed in the future, by breathing out the pastThe die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly castThere is a d...Read Full Lyrics

C'mon, kind sir, let's walk outsideAnd breathe the autumn airSee the many that have lived and diedSee the unending golden stairSee all of us that have come behindClutching at your ...Read Full Lyrics

I am a crooked manAnd I've walked a crooked mileNight, the shameless widowDoffed her weeds, in a pileThe stars all winked at meThey shamed a childYour funeral, my trialOne thousand...Read Full Lyrics