Intro :
Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the d reams all made solid
Are the d reams all made real
All of the buildings, all of those cars
We re once just a dream
In s omebody's head
She pi ctures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pi ctures a soul
With n o leak at the seam
Lets take the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs
In the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone
Dreaming of mercy st reet
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arm s again
Dreaming of mer cy st reet
'Swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your da ddy's arms
Instrumental :
Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-he's the doctor
He can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips
Dreaming of mercy stree t
Wear your insides out
Dreaming of mercy
In y our daddy's arms again
Dreaming of mercy str eet
'Swear they moved that sign
Looking for mer cy
In your d addy's arms
Instrumental :
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Mercy, mercy, looking for mer cy
Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves on the sea