It's two in the morning
Baby's in bed
Where are you?
I can't rest my head

It's three in the morning
Cat scratching at the door
Full moon rising
I walk the floor

Four in the morning
No headlights on the streets
Ain't no one up
But I can't sleep

Five in the morning 
Birds are waking up
Are you in trouble 
Or are you getting …, oh!

Please have a little mercy on me
Please have a little mercy on me

[…]
[Baby ... me]
If you didn't […] me
Why didn't you let me be

I work for you
Like a slave  [in the ] corn
Hard work is done
And now you let me go

But please have a little mercy on me
Please have a little mercy on me

The baby's up
And you're nowhere around
Maybe you've been raped by the river
Cut-throat and drowned

Maybe you've been shot
Shot in the head
Maybe someone poisoned you
And took you to their bed

Please have a little mercy on me
Please have a little mercy on me
Oh, please have a little mercy on me
Please have a little mercy on me

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