Layin' in a hole I've got nowhere to go The floods of '29 have come and gone ya know Puttin' down seed My hands been made to bleed Nothing in return The land is cheating me Starving, stealing, mourning, drinking Starving, stealing, Crazy desperate Mercy blows away like dust Sparest of all harvest Mercy blows away like dust Sparest of all harvest Layin' in a shack I've got the shirt on my back I carry every burden ‘till I' out of breath Shooting in the night Someones tired of the fight Aint no one gonna tell us It'll be alright Starving, stealing, mourning, drinking Starving, stealing, Crazy desperate Mercy blows away like dust Sparest of all harvest Mercy blows away like dust Sparest of all harvest