No Mercy In This Land - Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite

What would be the first thing

You'd say to the lord

And the last thing you would dream

If you couldn't dream no more

Won't you please help me to understand

Is there no mercy in this land

No mercy in this land

Followed the river 'til the river ran dry

Followed my lover 'til we said goodbye

Followed you through soldiers who fire on command

Is there no mercy in this land

These days I speak in whispers

Travel only to and from

Come close you'll see the red

Of a well bitten tongue

The righteous and the wretched

The holy and the damned

Is there no mercy in this land

No mercy in this land

Father left us down here all alone

My poor mother is under a stone

With an aching heart and trembling hands

Is there no mercy in this land