i got home from Sunday school
on a Wednesday in the dark
i took out my bible
and heard the angels hark
i lifted up my gaze
let down my holy guard
took the dogs to the river
they dragged me in so hard
i could not keep my head above
the swiftly moving water
i cried for help, but no one heard
except the neighbor's daughter
she just laughed as i was swept away
and shook her pretty hips
the last i saw of her
she'd done the full-on splits
pretty sure i drowned that day
pretty sure i died
but when you see a goddess
what the hell is suicide?
ain't no point in complaining
misery's enough
i just rode the water
like a diamond in the rough
(chorus)
oh, mercy, mercy, mercy
god in heaven knows
mercy, mercy, mercy
from your heart down to your toes
i feel mostly lively
when i feel my desire
ain't preachin' to the darkness
i'm a preaching to the choir
the river headed west, you know
on through the craggy plains
it drove on through the wilderness
and scarred up my remains
but still i swore i saw her
there upon the shore
lifting up her knickers
dancing ever more
her skin was soft and supple
her face was hard and mean
but when she smiled, a miracle mile
turned her into a beauty queen
like artemis in the forest
a nymph raised from the past
she made another smile
and wiggled her perfect ass
(chorus)
oh, mercy, mercy, mercy
god in heaven knows
mercy, mercy, mercy
from your heart down to your toes
i feel mostly lively
when i feel my desire
ain't preachin' to the darkness
i'm a preaching to the choir
the river made it to the sea
and flung me far adrift
diffused in salty water
i was my greatest gift
the fishes of the ocean
fed upon my soul
but none of that mattered
i still love rock and roll
pretty sure i drowned that day
pretty sure i died
but when you see a goddess
what the hell is suicide?
ain't no point in complaining
misery's enough
i just rode the water
like a diamond in the rough
(chorus)
oh, mercy, mercy, mercy
god in heaven knows
mercy, mercy, mercy
from your heart down to your toes
i feel mostly lively
when i feel my desire
ain't preachin' to the darkness
i'm a preaching to the choir
Epilogue
...my dogs, they survived just fine
they wag their tails and bark
i hear tell they found another fool
out on Noah's Ark
the neighbor? she's in the pokey
for running a little con
down into the bottom
at the end of this here song
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