Mercy For Fools

bluesy, lyric style

I walk around with my head down most of the time
I got lost last night just walkin' through the five and dime
I'm gonna have to find some way to clear my head
Gonna have to start livin' or I might be better off dead

This old world keeps spinnin' and I feel I got left behind
Somehow I got caught in the gears and they're startin' to grind
Oh Lord don't you take mercy on the foolish kind?

The old man at the store gives me credit now and again
So I buy me a bottle and some cola to chase it in
Sometimes it's the only way to get out of my own way
I guess I gotta get wrong to find the right words to say

This old world keeps spinnin' and I feel I got left behind
Somehow I got caught in the gears and they're startin' to grind
Oh Lord don't you take mercy on the foolish kind?

We all feel a little down and out some of the time
The world can be hard and gettin' down aint no crime
But you gotta find a way to lose the weight on your soul
You better start livin' or just start diggin' a hole

This old world keeps spinnin' and we feel we got left behind
Somehow we got caught in the gears and they're startin' to grind
Oh Lord don't you take mercy on fools and the blind?

Well I don't see so well and I feel like the foolish kind.

Reviews

[Cherrie Palmer]

welp I'm a Dork if I would have read your comment first I would have seen that it is supposed to read like the blues lol still a great poem

[Cherrie Palmer]

this poem has a unique arrangement of wording which I love and prefer. Because when you twist a combo people are used to seeing it helps them to really hear what you are saying. It reads like the Blues, very nice flow