Now, everyday on a dead end street is where I spend my time
(Come on, brother, sing)
Bright lights and trains and bedsit stains
To take the spiky fruit to crown myself the Queen of Doom, yeah

Have mercy on me

But I've shed my tears in bitter drops until the thorn trees bloomed
(Come on, mother, sing)
(Come on, people, sing)

(Mercy got no children)
'Cause I knew that I was going to be a legend in my living room, yea
(Sing it for yourself, now)

Have mercy, have mercy on me
Have mercy

Have mercy
And I soon grew up to realize what living in the doghouse means
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
Welcome to this perfect world
The dust has been collecting on the corners of my mind
Have mercy on me
(Come on, sister, sing)
Have mercy
Have mercy on me
(Come on, people, sing)
Have mercy
(Come on, father, sing)

Have mercy
Have mercy on me
Have mercy

Have mercy on me
Have mercy

(All your love, say)
Have mercy
(All the young girls say)
And pavements paved with gold, gold
And I believed in everything that everybody told me
But everyday I told myself good things would happen soon
(I need to hear you say)

I found myself in a lonely place with a suitcase full of dreams