I got a feeling of unrighteousness,

bitter cold and hollow bitterness,

Down the road, I walk with loneliness,

Mercy will follow me I'm told.

My sister sang, songs so sweet and sad,

'Bout a man, who's love I never had,

There's a train, bound for Gillian?

Mercy will follow me I'm told,

Mercy will you follow me,

Mercy will you follow me,

'Til my final breath at last I take,

Mercy will you follow me,

Mercy will you follow me,

'Til the chains of this old world I finally break.

Under this skin, there lies a heart of stone,

It's growing old, so very far, from home,

But a heart of gold, I may someday own?

And mercy will follow me, I'm told,

Mercy will you follow me,

Mercy will you follow me,

Until the final breath at last I take,

Mercy will you follow me,

Mercy will you follow me,

'Til the chain of this old world I finally break,

'Til the chains of this old world I finally break,

'Til the chains of this old world I finally break.