Well I have lived ten years plus ten And ten and ten again I have seen too much to pretend Then you wanted to come in I have survived all of the lies
Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah I love you but I gotta stay true My moral's got me on my knees I'm begging please
Yeah, yeah Whoa Oh, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah It's like your blood runs through me, baby (Baby) And I can't get you out my vein A lust for you electric lady
We have slaughtered In the garden of beauty Digging graves instead of planting Mercy for the crucified A bitter justice Begging eternity for love
Mercy, pure and simple Longing, cold and hollow With sweet breath you'd come to warm me But I held on too hard to only a memory You lie there on the
God, You have done great things God, You give grace to the weak And bless the brokenhearted With a song of praise to sing You reached down and lifted
Depth of mercy, can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God His wrath forbear me The chief of sinners, spare? Heaven find me on my knees Hear
My eyes won't pretend I didn't know you were close I can smell your breath Through a freshly painted door Stand here in your coat While I pour three more
(Alexander/Badlees) (Chorus) There must be angels of mercy Lookin' down on me 'Cause when I look up to the sky I swear I see Angels of mercy lookin
Call it superstition Followed and fell Under the falling Under the spell Singing Bury me Bury me Spoken in tongues Of many colours In the colours of
You reap what you sow Put your face to the ground Here come the marching men Your colours wrapped around You reap what you sow Put your face to the ground
Watch them do The falling over Watch them do The standing still CHORUS Nothing but the knife to live for One life all I need Give me one good reason
(Flesh) (Bone) (Splinters on the telephone) (Whispers) Bullet in the head Down Head Down Got power to burn Got means Got flowers to burn Between those
Everybody shouts on, "I love Lucy" Pee Wee reads the evening news A pre-owned song or a second-hand Uzi Everybody got a job to lose Here come the golden
Train... Train... Train... Train... Take a walk downtown to where the victims go Take a last decision and the cars to move it Past information Tunnel
I hear the roar of a big machine Two worlds and in between Hot metal and methedrine I hear empire down, I hear empire down I hear the roar of a big machine
Some people get by with a little understanding Some people get by with a whole lot more I don't know, why you gotta be so undemanding One thing I know
Now the ground comes up too fast Too fast to meet you And the clouds of dust erupting Thick around your feet be careful And the rubble and shrouds and