Mercy Songtext
von Jon Brooks

I used to admire most a melody
And what it could do with love and words
And I used to admire most the poet who
With a pen untangled this world in a verse
And I used to admire all I thought was profound
I plagiarized the prophets and the saints

But now, now that I′m older
Oh, it's mercy that I admire most
Oh, it′s mercy that I admire most


And I waited out my low youth for a fallow spectacle
In lines snaking 'round coliseums
I marched in the drench under fame's soft fist clenched
And I paid all the scalpers just to see ′em

Ah, but now, now that I′m older
Oh, it's mercy that I admire most
Oh, it′s mercy that I admire most

I admire the pure of heart that will one thing
I admire the steady in their routine
And I admire decision and the mind that endures it
And those who speak though they be shamed
And I admire all the reckless voices for the voiceless
And the man standing in the path of tanks

Ah, but now, now that I'm older
Oh, it′s mercy that I admire most
Oh, it's mercy that I admire most


Mercy