Please Have Mercy Lyrics - Muddy Waters

You've got a hold of me 

Don't even know your power 

I stand a hundred feet 

But I fall when I'm around you 

Show me an open door 

Then you go and slam it on me 

I can't take anymore 

I'm saying baby 

Please have mercy on me 

Take it easy on my heart 

Even though you don't mean to hurt me 

You keep tearing me apart 

Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart 

Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart 

I'd drive through the night 

Just to be near you, baby 

Heart old and testified 

Tell me that I'm not crazy 

I'm not asking for a lot 

Just that you're honest with me 

My pride is all I got 

I'm saying baby 

Please have mercy on me 

Take it easy on my heart 

Even though you don't mean to hurt me 

You keep tearing me apart 

Would you please have mercy on me 

I'm a puppet on your string 

And even though you got good intentions 

I need you to set me free 

Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart 

Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart 

Consuming all the air inside my lungs 

Ripping all the skin from off my bones 

I'm prepared to sacrifice my life 

I would gladly do it twice 

Consuming all the air inside my lungs 

Ripping all the skin from off my bones 

I'm prepared to sacrifice my life 

I would gladly do it twice 

Please have mercy on me 

Take it easy on my heart 

Even though you don't mean to hurt me 

You keep tearing me apart 

Would you please have mercy on me 

I'm a puppet on your string 

And even though you got good intentions 

I need you to set me free 

I'm begging you for mercy, mercy 

Begging you, begging you, please, baby 

I'm begging you for mercy, mercy 

Ooh, I'm begging you, I'm 

begging you