Have Mercy lyrics

There's a wave of quiet anger

In the streets tonight

And a sense of loss and sorrow

mixed with helpless fright

As a newborn hope was rising

it was cruelly swept away

And the gloom of twilight

overtook the light of day

Have Mercy

Mercy on everyone

There's a flood of mourning faces

In the streets tonight

A procession in the honour

of a fearless fight

How can anyone believe

that there's a place for decent men

If the world is meant to suffer

time and time again

Have Mercy

This is a trying time

And the bell that used to chime

Hushed to silence

by the violence

Have mercy

Mercy on everyone

Now that the misdeed is done

After this vicious blow

Which is the way to go

Mercy

There's a feeling of belonging

In the streets tonight

Those who were against him

have all vanished out of sight

They'll remember how he used to

tear their poor defence apart

With the quiet wisdom

of the language of the heart

There's a sense of deprivation

In the streets tonight

For the candle burned out

just as we could glimpse a light

How we hungered for a vision

and he gave us all a dream

and a time of pride and passion

we cannot redeem...