For every child who lies
Still beneath his mother’s eyes;
She’s asking why a God of love
Would give then take away.
For every self-made man,
Doing everything he can
To fill the void that’s deep within,
Eating at his soul.
Oh, have mercy...
Oh, have mercy on us all.
For every wife who cries
When her husband’s lying eyes
Give the sordid game away,
And something dies within.
For those who walk the streets
Destitute and desperate:
We shake our heads and wash our hands
And hurry on our way.
Oh, have mercy...
Have mercy on us all
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy;
Have mercy on us all.
Lord, have mercy;
Christ have mercy;
Lord, have mercy,
have mercy on us all.
O God, forgive us for the wrong that we have done;
Night is filled with weeping and we’re aching for the dawn.
O God of love this world has suffered for so long.
Have mercy on us all.
Forgive our driven need
To make a virtue out of greed;
We’ve set our hearts on worldly things
That cannot satisfy.
We’ve used tomorrow’s gold today
While nature chokes along the way.
How many years before we pay?
Perhaps we’re paying now?
