[00:01.25]- Johnny The Mercy Cash Seat
[00:02.91]It all began when they took me from my home
[00:05.59]And put me on Death Row,
[00:07.40]a crime for which I am totally innocent, you know.
[00:11.39]
[00:12.82]I began to warm and chill
[00:14.63]
[00:15.63]To objects and their fields,
[00:18.13]A ragged cup, a twisted mop
[00:20.07]
[00:20.75]The face of Jesus in my soup
[00:22.87]
[00:23.56]Those sinister dinner deals
[00:25.49]
[00:26.18]The meal trolley\'s wicked wheels
[00:28.05]
[00:28.93]A hooked bone rising from my food
[00:31.73]All things either good or ungood.
[00:34.48]And the mercy seat is waiting
[00:36.47]
[00:37.03]And I think my head is burning
[00:39.71]And in a way I\'m yearning
[00:41.84]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[00:45.65]An eye for an eye
[00:47.08]And a tooth for a tooth
[00:48.45]And anyway I told the truth
[00:50.83]
[00:51.51]And I\'m not afraid to die.
[00:53.51]
[00:59.63]I hear stories from the chamber
[01:02.31]Christ was born into a manger
[01:04.87]And like some ragged stranger
[01:07.11]He died upon the cross
[01:09.17]Might I say, it seems so fitting in its way
[01:13.17]He was a carpenter by trade
[01:16.03]Or at least that\'s what I\'m told
[01:18.85]
[01:24.09]My kill-hand\'s
[01:25.21]tatooed E.V.I.L. across it\'s brother\'s fist
[01:28.58]
[01:29.57]That filthy five! They did nothing to challenge or resit
[01:35.01]In Heaven His throne is made of gold
[01:38.01]The ark of his Testament is stowed
[01:40.63]A throne from which I\'m told All history does unfold.
[01:44.36]
[01:45.18]It\'s made of wood and wire
[01:47.74]And my body is on fire
[01:49.98]
[01:51.41]And God is never far away.
[01:54.35]Into the mercy seat I climb
[01:57.03]My head is shaved, my head is wired
[01:59.78]And like a moth that tries
[02:01.78]To enter the bright eye
[02:04.02]I go shuffling out of life
[02:06.84]Just to hide in death awhile
[02:09.64]
[02:10.83]And anyway I never lied.
[02:13.75]And the mercy seat is waiting
[02:16.37]And I think my head is burning
[02:18.50]
[02:19.06]And in a way I\'m yearning
[02:21.18]To be done with all this weighing of the truth.
[02:24.87]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:28.11]And anyway I told the truth And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:33.17]And the mercy seat is burning
[02:35.47]And I think my head is glowing
[02:37.72]
[02:38.41]And in a way I\'m hopin\'
[02:40.71]to be done with all this twistin\' of the truth.
[02:44.21]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[02:46.77]And any way there was no proof And I\'m not afraid to die
[02:52.33]And the mercy seat is glowing
[02:54.95]And I think my head is smoking
[02:57.12]
[02:57.69]And in a way I\'m hopin\'
[02:59.24]to be done with all these looks of disbelief.
[03:03.37]A life for a life And a truth for a truth
[03:06.29]And I\'ve got nothin\' left to loose.
[03:09.29]And I\'m not afraid to die
[03:11.67]And the mercy seat is smoking
[03:13.66]
[03:14.35]And I think my head is melting
[03:16.22]
[03:16.79]And in a way that\'s helpin\' to be done with all this twistin\' of the truth
[03:22.65]An eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth
[03:25.27]And any way I told the truth
[03:28.27]But I\'m afraid I told a lie.