Elvis Costello - Everybody's Crying Mercy

Kojak Variety / 1995-05-09 1. Bama Lama Bama Loo 2. Days 3. Everybody's Crying Mercy 4. Hidden Charms 5. I've Been Wrong Before 6. I Threw it All Away 7. Leave my Kitten Alone 8. Must You Throw Dirt In My Face 9. Payday 10. Please Stay 11. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man 12. Remove This Doubt 13. Running Out of Fools 14. Strange 15. The Very Thought of You

Everybody's Crying Mercy

I can't believe the things I've seen
I wonder bout some things I've heard
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word

A bad enough situation
Is sure enough getting worse
Everybody's crying justice
Just as long as there's business first
Toe to toe
Touch and go
Give a cheer
Get your souvenier

People running round in circles
Don't know what they're headed for
Everybody's crying peace on Earth
Just as soon as we win this war

Straight ahead
Knock em dead
Pack your kid
Choose your hypocrite

Well you don't have to go to off broadway
To see something played absurd
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word

Nobody knows the meaning of the word
When they don't know the meaning of the word
Nobody knows the meaning of the word
Nobody knows the meaning of the word