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PETER GABRIEL lyrics : "Mercy Street"

for anne sexton

looking down on empty streets, all she can see

are the dreams all made solid
are the dreams all made real


all of the buildings, all of those cars
were once just a dream
in somebody's head


she pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
she pictures a soul

with no leak at the seam

lets take the boat out

wait until darkness
let's take the boat out
wait until darkness comes


nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
nowhere in the suburbs

in the cold light of day

there in the midst of it so alive and alone

words support like bone

dreaming of mercy st.

wear your inside out
dreaming of mercy
in your daddy('s arms again

dreaming of mercy st.
'swear they moved that sign
dreaming of mercy

in your daddy's arms

pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth

tugging at the darkness, word upon word

confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box

to the priest-he's the doctor
he can handle the shocks


dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
of kissing Mary's lips


dreaming of mercy st.
wear your insides out
dreaming of mercy

in your daddy's arms again
dreaming of mercy st.
'swear they moved that sign

looking for mercy
in your daddy's arms


mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
mercy, mercy, looking for mercy


Anne, with her father is out in the boat
riding the water
riding the waves on the sea

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