Mery Street Lyrics

Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real
All of those buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebody's head

She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam
She pictures a soul with no leak at the seam
Let's take the boat out, wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out, wait until darkness comes

Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs in the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone

Refrain:
Dreaming of mercy street, wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy in your daddy's arms again
Dreaming of mercy street swear they moved that sign
Looking for mercy in your daddy's arms

Pulling out the papers from drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest - he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness - the tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips

Refrain

Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy

Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water, riding the waves on the sea.