Have Mercy

There's a wave of quiet anger In the streets tonight And a sense of loss and sorrow Mixed with helpless fright As a newborn hope was rising It was cruelly swept away And the gloom of twilight Overtook the light of day Have Mercy Mercy on everyone There's a flood of mourning faces In the streets tonight A procession in the honour Of a fearless fight How can anyone believe That there's a place for decent men If the world is meant to suffer Time and time again Have Mercy This is a trying time And the bell that used to chime Hushed to silence By the violence Have mercy Mercy on everyone Now that the misdeed is done After this vicious blow Which is the way to go Mercy There's a feeling of belonging In the streets tonight Those who were against him Have all vanished out of sight They'll remember how he used to Tear their poor defence apart With the quiet wisdom Of the language of the heart There's a sense of deprivation In the streets tonight For the candle burned out Just as we could glimpse a light How we hungered for a vision And he gave us all a dream And a time of pride and passion We cannot redeem... Have Mercy This is a trying time And the bell that used to chime Hushed to silence By the violence Have mercy Mercy on everyone Now that the misdeed is done After this vicious blow Which is the way to go Mercy Mercy on everyone