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I went to work this mo'nin' |
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My foreman looked me in the eye |
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He said, "Fella I don't know what's wrong with ya, |
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But you look sick enough to die" |
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He sent me to the company doctor |
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And he examined from head to toe |
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"Whatever's wrong with ya, young man, |
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My x-rays just won't show" |
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I say, angel of mercy |
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Won't you please look down on me? |
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Angel of mercy |
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A little mercy is all I need |
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The finance company |
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They just don't receive my check |
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They say they want a payment by Friday |
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Or they want all-a the furniture back |
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I went to the credit union |
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To try to get myself a loan |
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They said, "I would let ya have it young man, |
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But we hear that you won't be workin' here much longer |
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Angel of mercy |
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Won't you please look down on me? |
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Oh, angel of mercy |
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A little mercy is all I need |
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Lord have mercy! Oh angel! Oh! |
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Oh! |
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Cut my lights off this mo'nin' |
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They set my furniture out doors |
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I was listenin' to the weatherman 'while ago |
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An' he's says it's gonna rain an'snow |
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My daughter's got pneumonia |
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An' my son is down with the flu |
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My whole family's sufferin' from malnutrition |
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And I can't even 'fford them soup |
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I say, angel of mercy |
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Won't you please look down on me? |
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Oh, angel of mercy |
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A little mercy is all I need |
