Have Mercy

Oh things are not quite the way they used to be now
They're nowhere near where they used to be
Perhaps there was a time when society had compassion
But you know that time was long ago in history
And we must beg for mercy

Have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh Jesus Christ or whoever have mercy on me
Have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh Lord if you're up there, have mercy on me

Dreaming of some kind of time
Long ago, maybe I
Was thinking of some kind of future that we could have
If only, if only, you know what's going on
Do I even have to describe?
Everybody already knows what it is

Have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh dear President or whoever have mercy on me
Oh have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
If there's a government that can do anything, have mercy on me
That's right

You can insert some kind of solo in this part of the song
If you feel like as you're playing along
Or perhaps you prefer my voice,
Well I guess that's your choice
As I sing these sweet songs in some kind of refrain or something

Oh have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh dear God can't you see we're crying have mercy on me
Yeah, have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh Lord if you're out there, please have mercy on me

Yeah, oh have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
If there's one thing that I can sing have mercy on me
Yeah, have mercy, have mercy
Have mercy on me and my people
Oh dear God, please, you know, have mercy on me

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you