Mercy, Grace

from Desert of Grace by Patrick Foster and The Locomotive

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Mercy, Grace, Mercy, Grace,
The blood that warms my face,
Desperate truth, Ruthless love,
Mercy, Mercy, Grace,

Down by the railroad tracks,
A woman holds a long stemmed rose,
The thorns puncture all, The courage and gall,
Except for Mercy, Mercy and Grace,

May the Desert embrace me,
May it swallow me with its grains,
If I’m worthy of dirt,
Might the sand have me first,
If for Mercy, Mercy and Grace.

The Dutchman was told to be lost,
Who could carry the cost,
Of a treasure that taunts, While it hides in your thoughts,
Only Mercy, Mercy and Grace,

And the gold only weighs on the mind,
If it renders the heart dull and blind,
It would govern all hope, it would own us all,
If not for mercy, mercy and grace,

May the Desert embrace me,
May it swallow me with its grains,
If I’m worthy of dirt,
Might the sand have me first,
If for Mercy, Mercy and Grace.

May the Desert embrace me,
May it swallow me with its grains,
If I’m worthy of dirt,
Might the sand have me first,
If for Mercy, Mercy and Grace.

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from Desert of Grace, released August 15, 2013

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