No Mercy

I can remember the afternoon
Layin' 'round, playing on the floor.
Yea, you gave me a hard time now and then.
But that's what big brothers are for.
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So I never made the trip to the city
I guess I didn't want to have to see you that way.
The thought of you alone in some hospital bed
Is something that still haunts me today.

There's no mercy
There's no second chance
When you think it hurts you
It comes around and kicks you in the pants

The trees all gray and naked
I catch my reflection on the lid.
It's no good to say goodbye now
And when I could I never did

But a black rage is on me now
People telling me Lord's done what's right
If I could have got my hands around his fat neck
Would've squeezed with all my might

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Had a dream about you last night
Saw your face floatin' through my head
I saw the sores and skin all broken
And the blood from in your stomach
Saw your hair grown long and brittle
And your nails curling under
And I worry 'bout you man 
And the place that you've gone on to
And I wish that  you could see me 
How you shaped the things that I do

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