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the the - the mercy beat lyrics

there’s a high wind blowin, & the stars are shining bright
oh what a night, this is gonna be–
i think i’ll let the world sleep without me
i got one eye open, one eye closed
& my thin body’s trembling beneath the bedclothes
my hearts beatin’ against the roof of my mouth
–it’s almost time to get out of this house

i got one hand on the radio, one hand on the wheel
i got my right foot on the floorboard,–
& i’m preparing to k!ll or be k!lled

there’s a high wind blowin’, & the stars are shining bright
& the rain upon the tarmac
–helps me sail through the traffic lights
i’m heading down to the dock of the bay
–to feel the power of the waves
i’m gonna move up close to that wind
& wrestle with the thoughts solitude always brings

y’see i’m stuck between h-ll & the deep blue sea
& i know that water’s sucked under better man than me
i was just another western guy
–with desires that couldn’t be satisfied
so one day, i asked the angels for inspiration
–but the devil bought me a drink
& he’s been buying them ever since
he’s had the liquor on my tongue
–feel like the sea upon the sand
he’s had me signing confessions
–from this shaking hand
he’s had me struggling to hang onto hope–
like a drunken sailor in a tugboat
with a bottle of vodka in my overcoat
& my dog eared bible lost–overboard

y’see he tricked me into temptation
so i’ve tricked him into this confrontation
i never said i was the man i appeared to be
not the flesh wrapped around the bones of necessity
or the soul on fire–scribbling thoughts for posterity

i’m gonna have little lucifer, runnin’ off to purgatory
–with his tail between his legs
i’m gonna teach him a lesson
–he ain’t ever gonna forget
all the vultures & crows are fixin up some tombstones
but they won’t be chewing the meat off my bones

there’s a high wind blowin’ & the stars are shining bright
me & him are gonna have a little knife fight
–in the bowels of the big city skyline
oh this feelin’ inside runs dark & deep
–tonight my hearts not thumping
–a mercy beat

i was just another western guy
with desires that couldn’t be–satisfied

- the the lyrics

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