Hiss Golden Messenger - Mercy Avenue Lyrics

Hiss Golden Messenger Lyrics

"Mercy Avenue"

Everybody's getting older
Jesse's having a baby
Times are tighter than ever
On Mercy Avenue, baby
The boys on the corner been knowing
Better than them with the PhDs
Sometimes you do right for nothing
On Mercy Avenue, baby

If I'm too high to mess with, I'm alright, mama
Did you find another man? I'm alright, mama
You know where I am, I'm alright, mama

Lucy's living in her Cadillac
It smells like Slow Hand
Doc says she ain't coming back
Oh, Mercy Avenue's savage
When I'm happy as a dog swimming
When I'm lonely as an orphan
There's nowhere that I'd rather be
Than Mercy Avenue, baby

If I'm too high to mess with, I'm alright, mama
Did you find another man? I'm alright, mama
You know where I am, I'm alright, mama

Everybody's getting older
Jesse's having a baby
I'm just another soldier
From Mercy Avenue, baby
Mercy Avenue, baby

Mercy Avenue, baby
Mercy Avenue, baby
Mercy Avenue, baby
Mercy Avenue, baby

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album: "I'm People" (2026)

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"Mercy Avenue" lyrics

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