You've got a hold on me
Don't even know your power
I stand a hundred feet
But I fall when I'm around ya

Show me an open door
And 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 open, testify
Tell me that I'm not crazy

I'm not asking for a lot
Just that you're honest with me
And 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 strings
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

Oh, 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
I'm begging you, begging you, please, baby
I'm begging you for mercy, mercy
Oh, I'm begging you, I'm begging you, yeah