Doctor Of Mercy
Elliott Murphy
From the album "Soul Surfing" (2002) Youtube link: https://youtu.be/pJAfmzmnUxw Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4iYZU68AtwSJV7iaL6BsaV?si=73c8e901b95f41ed [Intro] | | | | | [Verse 1] Well I was walking these streets and it was raining And I didn’t know what I was looking for But I was looking for something you can’t imagine How much I needed to find an unlocked door [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 2] Or an open window that would lead my blind mind Out from the darkness into the light To the nearest exit to a little stranger With a dirty white smile that looked ultra-bright [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 3] That I would be lifted from my useless concerns From my mortal fears of dissapearing from sight Into the void into the infinite wasteland Where a million billion years they’re gonna pass right in the blink of your eye [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 4] But I stopped and I took I took a cup of coffee With the doctor of mercy she sat right in front of me And all of my questions calmed down so slowly Until the only thing that really mattered was if she coming back with me [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 5] And although she insisted she insisted no That didn’t matter it didn’t matter to me Because I had lost my initiative and my incorporation I was so unincorporated and globalized I couldn’t see [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 6] But the only thing that I could remember When we were covered with the lights of dawn that made the roses bleed And I remember swearing by the shrine of Elvis The blue moon of Kentucky would always shine on me [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 7] Here’s to the blood red days of the end of august Here’s to the years we swore we had nothing to lose And in retrospect I goes I gotta be honest Or else I’m gonna suspect you were my only real muse [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 8] But I still easily recall the way she passed my table And the crinkle in her eyes the way she walked the way she tasted to me It was just magic the way she did her inuendos It was so professional so polished you could see [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 9] That she’d been around so many drifters So many pretenders so many clowns That I was no different in fact I was usual I was too normal for her to stay around [Instrumental] | | | | | [Verse 10] Now I’m out of time and I’m out of money Well I’m out of hope I think I’m out of luck And all those wonderful things that I found so interesting To tell the truth right about now I don’t give a fuck [Outro] | | | | | | | | | |