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Have mercy |
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Have mercy, baby |
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Umm, have mercy, yeah |
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Have mercy on me |
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Well, I went to see a gypsy |
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And had my fortune read |
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She said-a, 'Don, you're baby's gonna leave you |
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Her bag is packed up under the bed' |
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I cried, 'Have mercy' |
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Have mercy, baby, yeah |
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Have mercy, yeah |
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Have mercy on me |
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I said-a ;If you leave me, baby |
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Girl, if you're puttin' me down |
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Well, I'm a-goin' to the nearest river, child |
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An jump (jump) overboard (jump) |
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And drown (jump, jump, jump) |
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But don't leave me |
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Have mercy |
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Have mercy, baby |
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Mercy, yeah |
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Have mercy |
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Have mercy on me |
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Well now, hey-hey, baby |
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Hey-hey, now |
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What you tryin' to do, huh? |
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Hey-hey, baby, hey-hey, now |
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Please don't say we're through |
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<guitar & instrumental> |
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I said if you stay here, baby |
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I tell ya what I'm gonna do |
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I'm gonna work two jobs |
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Seven days a week |
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An bring my money home to you |
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(Bring it, bring it) |
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But well, I said, 'Mercy' |
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(Mercy) |
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Mercy |
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(Mercy) |
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Mercy! |
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(Mercy) |
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(Ooo-yee-aaah) |
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FADES- |
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Mercy (mercy) |
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Mercy (mercy) |
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Mercy! (mercy) |
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Oh yeah. |
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