Mercy Bound

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Joan Baez

Joan Baez ( /ˈbaɪ.ɛz/) (born January 9, 1941 as Joan Chandos Báez) is an American folk singer, songwriter, musician, and a prominent activist in the fields of human rights, peace, and environmental justice. more »

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1997

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Late last night I awoke in a dream 
To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream 
Oh oh oh 
From out of the city and out of the street 
Out where the wind hits the cold concrete 
Oh oh oh 

It's cold outside 
Darkness your enemy 
No place to hide 
The voice said this to me 
In your doorways I have shivered 
In your alleys I have gone to ground 
But I will be delivered 
Someday I will be mercy bound 

I dreamed again it was west L.A. 
On a crowded street on a hot summer day 
She was alone 
Three months late and beginning to show 
In a midriff blouse she would soon outgrow 
She had no one to call 
And no way home 
And in my mind 
I knew I'd seen myself 
But in our blindness 
It always seems like someone else 
There I was a rag a bone 
A remnant in your lost and found 
I was for once truly alone 
Longing to be mercy bound 

And I knew that I would wander as child in the forest 
Till they found me 
And I called out to them but I could not penetrate the silence 
All around me 

And when I wake I know you'll comfort me 
And I won't sleep again for an eternity 
But others lie awake at night 
In desperation more profound 
And the coming of the morning light 
Will not see them mercy bound 

And some will never dream again 
From sleeping on the ground 
Just longing to belong 
And dying to be mercy bound 
Oh please don't stop your dreaming 
Someday we'll all be mercy bound

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