No Mercy in This Land lyrics

What would be the first thing

You'd say to the Lord

And the last thing you would dream

If you couldn't dream no more?

Won't you please help me to understand

Is there no mercy in this land

No mercy in this land?

Followed the river till the river ran dry

Followed my lover till we said goodbye

Followed you through soldiers

Who fire on command

Is there no mercy in this land?

These days I speak in whispers

Travel only to and from

Come close, you'll see the red

Of a well bitten tongue

The righteous and the wretched

The holy and the damned

Is there no mercy in this land

No mercy in this land?

Father left us down here all alone

My poor mother is under a stone

With an aching heart and trembling hands

Is there no mercy in this land?