Gabriel Peter Mercy Street Lyrics

Mercy Street Lyrics

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