Intro
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[Chorus]
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(Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
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have mercy on me.
[Verse]
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Well, I went to see a gypsy and had my fortune read.
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She said, Don, your baby's gonna leave you..her bag
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is packed up under the bed and I cry..
[Chorus]
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Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
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have mercy on me.
[Verse]
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I said, if you leave me baby....girl, if you put me down.
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Well, I'm a goin' to the nearest river, child..
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and jump from above and drown..but don't leave me..
[Chorus]
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Have mercy, have mercy, baby..mmmm, have mercy,
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have mercy on me.
[Verse]
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Well, now, hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, what you tryin'
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to do, huh?
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Hey, hey, baby, hey, hey, now, please don't say we're
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through.
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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I said, if you stay here, baby.....I tell you what I'm
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gonna do..I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week..
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to bring my money home to you.
[Outro]
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Well, I said, mercy, mercy, mercy....mercy, mercy,
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mercy..(Fade.)