Mercy me, mercy you,
Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine on through it all,
Mercy me and mercy you,
Wash away today, and make all our tomorrows new.
Sturdy as forever, with her grandmom's eyes, she was slender as a willow,
With a thin disguise of a brave heart in a common tale of grief,
She won't accept the pity, but she sure could use relief.
Mercy me, mercy you,
Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine on through it all,
Mercy me and mercy you,
Wash away today, and make our tomorrows new.
A mighty heart held by a six-deep chain,
An ornamental smile that denied the pain of the rhythm of life,
Rocked by the power of the wind,
The passage of time can't make it now, as then.
When it's mercy me, mercy you,
Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine on through it all,
Mercy me and mercy you,
Wash away today, and make all our tomorrows new.
Oh my, can it be?
Where did we, or how did we, go wrong?
Oh my, can it be that if it didn't break us, somehow it made us strong?
Mercy me, mercy you,
Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine on through it all,
Mercy me and mercy you,
Wash away today, and make all our tomorrows new,
Mercy me, mercy you,
Let it shine, let it shine,
Let it shine on through it all,
Mercy me and mercy you,
Wash away today, and make all our tomorrows new.
