Alex McMurray

down on the corner i hear them talk that game

but their voices go soft when they speak your name

i’ve known you all your life and now you’re almost grown

you used to sit and stare over there in the street all alone

so tell me why’d you do it? let me know your mind cuz we

all need a little mercy sometime

up at my window you can hear all the lies

and the laughter and the longing and the lovers’ cries

from up here i see it all and it goes down every day

the shapes and the shadows ducking down the alleyway

why’d you do it? please look me in the eye cuz we

all need a little mercy sometimes

a little mercy—feels like rain

a little mercy—make you whole again

a little mercy—might be the light to bring you home

The sound that the ladies make when they know their boys are gone

the faces always change and become a mask they put on

now that you’ll have to run may your road run straight and true

and one day you find nothing’s coming after you

so tell me why’d you do it? let me know your mind cuz we

all need a little mercy sometime