Lonesome is the whip-poor-will Never seen one but I feel Time is like a Ritalin pill Goes too fast and makes you ill Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Love is like the mockingbird Singing all the things he's heard Sweet into his lover's ear This time for sure, promise you, dear Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Shameful is the cardinal His colors make him fallible While we made through the window side He's captured the coyote's eye Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy on me