Mercy, Mercy

Have mercy Have mercy, baby Mmm, have mercy Have mercy on me Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read She said, "Don, your baby's gonna leave you" Her bag is packed up under the bed and I cried Have mercy Have mercy, baby, yeah Have mercy, yeah Have mercy on me I said if you leave me, baby, girl, if you put me down Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child And jump (jump) overboard And drown, but don't leave me (jump, jump, jump, jump) Have mercy Have mercy, baby, mercy Yeah, have mercy Have mercy on me Well, now, hey, hey baby, hey, hey now What you tryin' to do, huh? Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey now Please don't say we're through I said if you stay here, baby, I tell you what I'm gonna do I'm gonna work two jobs seven days a week And bring my money home to you (bring it, bring it) Well, I said mercy (mercy), mercy (mercy) Mercy (mercy), mercy (mercy) Mercy (mercy)