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Mercy

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1.
The Lie Becomes the Truth 06:51
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We want to believe you We really do But you make it so hard We can't help but doubt you You are so convincing That's your game Even when your excuses Are so incredibly lame We are not dumb Then again maybe we are After all we bought your stories When they seemed bizarre Let us see your face Let us look into your eyes Let us see if we can tell The truth from lies You seem a little nervous Do you have something to hide You can tell us anything Let us be your guide You know we care We mean only the best We love you to death Please pass this test When the lie becomes truth Will you know what to do When the lie becomes truth There is no forgiving you You had your chance You made your choice We see it all We hear your voice You climbed a mountain Said it was pretty tall You survived forty below And a terrible snowfall You were courageous Saved all your friends Like Holden Caulfield And all that he portends We know you're good No need to convince We're just not sure About the words you mince We went out to dinner Someone started to choke You performed the Heimlich We thought it was a joke We think you're amazing We think you rock You've finally made good Can we join your flock
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The Blank Unholy Surprise of It 04:23
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If you think you're nothing Well think again my friend I think that your something And I will think that to the end I know that you are good at heart And I won't let you fall apart The blank unholy surprise of it I was never apprised of it Until I looked into your eyes Well you got fires banked down in you Hearth-fires and holocausts You always found yourself short-shrifted Never had any recognition You tripped and fell down time and again While on the rocky road to perdition I want to help you find your way I want to be your personal valet You're made out of flesh and blood You're full of warmth and delight You're lit from within, Tracy On the screen up there in black and white You are as graceful as a swan No you are not made out bronze
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Say Goodnight, Gracie 04:39
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What's that you say You're having trouble falling asleep Too many distractions All around your castle keep Say goodnight, Gracie Sleep tight and pleasant dreams Don't let the bed bugs bite Relax and float downstream If you have a nightmare Just remember that I'm right here You lie there twitching Say you'd like to catch twenty winks But the shadows are frightening And your doll now looks like a sphinx This world is topsy-turvy The soundtrack plays in reverse The sweet taste kind of salty And the poetry is terribly terse
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Crucible 05:15
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A lonely little girl lives In a lonely little town Wears an ugly yellow dress And an ugly yellow frown Says, "There's no way out for me Believe me I've tried I wasn't always like this way back when I had my pride" Let me be a crucible For your tender heart Let me be a vehicle The horse that pulls your cart She has lips like sugar Tastes like candy wine She lives in a shoebox Temporary by design Says, "One day I plan leave this place Maybe move to gay Paree But for now I am stuck here With a banjo on my knee" She gets up at midnight And starts her lonely day She works as freelance writer For practically no pay Says, "I've written a novel That I know that no one will ever read Sometimes I cut myself Just to see if I can still bleed"
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Let Me Be Your Roadie 04:25
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You have come from such a long, long way away With your old suitcase in your older Chevrolet You tell me you've written a handful of songs About a girl who never belongs Let me be your roadie, baby Let me carry your junk for you Let me be your roadie, honey And I will be your groupie too I will carry your guitar You will always be my one true star You play on subway platforms for a sackful of change People they look at you as if you're kind of strange You only sing about what that you know And what you know doesn't go with the flow I admire your grace and tenacity What you face in the face of adversity I wish I had your courage and strength It takes lots of moxie to go that extra length Maybe one day you will be the next great big thing But you say that won't change the way that you sing Your found your voice and you know who you are Even if it that means you'll never be a superstar
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Partners in Crime 05:09
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Let me say right from the start You have a big place heart But I don't idolize you Sometimes I despise you I don't mind when we're apart We've done a lot of crazy stuff We've done more than enough The damage is fairly wide But no one yet has died Still we act oh so tough We are partners in crime Through thick and thin That's what we've been We are partners in crime Together through the years The laughter and the tears We've had our good and our bad Man you've made me real mad And I have made you pissed Still we can't resist All the good stuff that we've had Don't turn away from me now I need you more than ever Don't turn away from me now Let's stay in this together Sometimes you can be a jerk Sometimes nothing seems to work We pull at each other Like a lousy brother And it all goes berserk
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Snow Day 04:58
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Outside the world is frightful Everything is closing down The streets look like stained linen All over this frigid town People huddle on the subway Trying to generate some heat No need to be modest or indiscreet It's a snow day We're not going anywhere A snow day As white as grandma's hair Might as well build a fire And pile on the clothes Outside it's twenty below The whole world has froze Outside the world is hateful Shoppers shoving that way and this Must be out of the Christmas spirit Must be out of the Christmas bliss Time to take stock And leave a little in the tipping tray Tomorrow could come Judgment Day Outside the world is sleeping Nowhere to go and no one about In our beds we dream of tomorrow When we will have to dig ourselves out Life will start returning And we will go on about our stuff Among a sea of marshmallow fluff
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Mercy 04:25
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So many people in this crazy mixed-up world Never really see what it is they do So many conflicts that all could be resolved If they only got into another person's shoes The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath It is twice blest It blesseth him that gives and him that takes So much is wasted on so many needless things All that we intend and all that we desire We hope and pray that we might one day change Through the pitch dark comes a cleansing fire Why is it easier to hate than love Why are we waiting for a sign from above We should be reaching out with open arms We should be keeping each other from all harm So many wars are fought in the name of God I wonder if that's what He had in mind It'd be funny if it weren't so damn sad I'd like to take the "kind" out of the word mankind
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That Ain't the Half of It 04:27
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We ruptured the ground And blew out a hole We shined down a light Saw into its soul Cried into the abyss Never been through something like this We brought on the night We rang in the dawn But that ain't the half of it Would you like me to go on Didn't have a map Or any kind of guide We all just went along For the ride Then a miracle occurred Oh the secrets we heard So much is hidden How little we know If we knew the half of it Oh the minds it would blow We pitched a tent Settled in for the night The ghosts that we conjured Gave us a fright Then came the dawn And we could not move on
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A Game to the Massacre 05:18
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Well, me, I got mine and you, you got yours And never, no never the twain shall meet We run into trouble every time we collaborate All that brotherly love Well it turns into brotherly hate From house to house and street to street Over hill and dale, it's a game to the massacre From here to there and there to here The whole wide world, it’s a game to the massacre Why can't ever get along and learn to live in harmony I guess that's just too much, too much to expect Sing out about love and peace Don't want to see all the red raw meat Want to win at any cost Don't want to be the one to admit defeat We say that we care But then why is the world In such a stinkin' mess We say that we care But then why do we act Like we could care less Well I am happy now I got all I'll ever need And all I can say is nuts to you You can all go rot in hell It really matters not to me You can burn with the bad old devil He doesn't seem all that hot to me
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Little Dinghy 06:48
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I rock, I roll in this rocky place And I look for a friend I look for your friendly face You prove to be elusive like the shifting tide I'm lulled along I am lulled along for the ride I check my maps I watch as big ships collide I send out an SOS but there is no reply I'm all alone in my little dinghy Who is gonna rescue me Out here in the great wide ocean Out here in the deep blue sea I wait for you I send up a signal flare I am over here And you are over there I pitch, I heave and I almost tip I'm on an even keel I maintain my little ship Down below waits Davy Jones He's got a place in his locker for me J'étais et je serai toujours ton amie Et j'attendrai pour toujours Ou au moins jusqu'à la fin des temps Mon ami Batten down all the hatches Here comes a perfect storm The rain is streaming down I want to be safe and warm But I am at sea I am in dire straits
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Get Along Little Doggie 05:26
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Through these days, these desperate days All I do is sit and think about you You're on my mind, all the time Don't know how I could get by without you You're a miracle girl And I live your miracle world Lonely days and lonely nights Seems like I'm lonely all the time Without hope I am lost I am glad I've got you on my mind You may be just a ghost But you're the ghost with the most Get along little doggie Come on home to me Get along little doggie My sweet little sweet pea Come home to me You may be from another place and time, oh yeah But you're just a dream away All I have to do is close my weary eyes And suddenly I'm back in LA If I had a hat I'd tip it If I had your waist I'd grip it If you are a phantom please don't you disappear I can almost touch you, I sense that you are near Dig a hole, rigamarole So much bother for very little payoff Could go here, could go there Half-way on and half-way off But I imagine that you care You care somewhere, somewhere out there

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Twelve songs about the quality of mercy.

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released January 30, 2024

Cover "Mercy" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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