Please Forgive Us - 10,000 Maniacs
Written by：Robert Buck/Merchant Natalie/Peter Asher
Mercy Mercy
Why didn't we hear it
Mercy Mercy
Why did we read it
Buried on the last page
Of our morning papers
The plan was drafted
Drafted in secret
Gunboats met the red tide
Driven to the rum trade
For the army
That they created
But the bullets were bought by us
It was dollars that paid them
Please forgive us
We don't know what was done
Please forgive us
We don't know what was done
In our name
There'll be more trials like this
Mercenary heydays
When they're so apt to wrap themselves up
In the stripes and stars and find
That they are able
To call themselves heroes
To justify murder
By their fighters for freedom
Please forgive us
We don't know what was done
Please forgive us
We didn't know
Could you ever forgive us
I don't know
How you could
I know this is
No consolation
Please forgive us
We don't know what was done
Please forgive us
We don't know
Could you ever believe that
We didn't know
Please forgive us
We didn't know
I wouldn't blame you
If you never could
Please forgive us
We didn't know
I wouldn't blame you
If you never could
Please forgive us
And you never will