Somehow though I am unkind Grace flirts with me While I model my anger after the sun's disregard Enemies gather to dance with me Who is so impatient with karma? Who would block my wicked reward? And shower me with their blindness With a love far too ripened? A mercy is in retrograde A mercy is in retrograde Judgement has run from my door Swarms of flies have brought honey and much much more For me to be ashamed of My evil has not been appraised A mercy is in retrograde A mercy is in retrograde Oh