Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Quality Of Mercy, artist - Michelle Shocked. Date of issue: 03.01.1996
Song language: English
Quality Of Mercy |
| All you hypocrites and liars |
| In the temple seeking gain |
| All you senators and lawyers |
| With your motives to explain |
| All you victims and you heroes |
| Your petitions to complain |
| All you murderers and martyrs |
| On the fields where you lay slain |
| On the just and unjust, alike it doth rain |
| And the quality of mercy is not strained |
| Vengeance and revenge are just two words for pain |
| And the quality of mercy is not strained |
| Did not I crucify my Lord |
| Did not I bind Him in chain |
| Did not I three times betray Him |
| Three times deny His name |
| Did not I cast the first stone |
| And then justify the blame |
| Did not He die for my sins |
| But never would I do the same |
| I’ve been three times a sinner and two times a saint |
| And the quality of mercy is not strained |
| Yes for love, if it’s love, is changing but unchanged |
| And the quality of mercy is not strained |
| Hypocrites and liars |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Senators and lawyers |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Victims and you heroes |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| You murderers and martyrs |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Crucify my Lord |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Bind Him in chain |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Three times betray Him |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| Justify the blame |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |
| On the just and unjust, alike it doth rain |
| The quality of mercy is not strained |