| I went to work this mo’nin'
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| My foreman looked me in the eye
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| He said, «Fella I don’t know what’s wrong with ya,
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| But you look sick enough to die»
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| He sent me to the company doctor
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| And he examined from head to toe
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| «Whatever's wrong with ya, young man,
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| My x-rays just won’t show»
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| I say, angel of mercy
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| Won’t you please look down on me?
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| Angel of mercy
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| A little mercy is all I need
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| The finance company
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| They just don’t receive my check
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| They say they want a payment by Friday
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| Or they want all-a the furniture back
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| I went to the credit union
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| To try to get myself a loan
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| They said, «I would let ya have it young man,
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| But we hear that you won’t be workin' here much longer
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| Angel of mercy
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| Won’t you please look down on me?
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| Oh, angel of mercy
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| A little mercy is all I need
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| Lord have mercy! |
| Oh angel! |
| Oh!
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| Oh!
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| Cut my lights off this mo’nin'
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| They set my furniture out doors
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| I was listenin' to the weatherman 'while ago
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| An' he’s says it’s gonna rain an’snow
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| My daughter’s got pneumonia
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| An' my son is down with the flu
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| My whole family’s sufferin' from malnutrition
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| And I can’t even 'fford them soup
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| I say, angel of mercy
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| Won’t you please look down on me?
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| Oh, angel of mercy
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| A little mercy is all I need |