Have Mercy On the Criminal (Live in Australia 1986)

[Verse 1]

Have you heard the dogs at night

Somewhere on the hill?

Chasing some poor criminal

And I guess they're out to kill

Oh, there must be shackles on his feet

And mother in his eyes

Stumbling through the devil-dark

With the hound pack in full cry

[Chorus]

Have mercy on the criminal

Who is running from the law

Are you blind to the winds of change?

Don't you hear him any more?

Saying, "Lord, you gotta help me

Now I am never gonna sin again

Take these chains from around my legs

Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"

[Verse 2]

Now have you еver seen the white teeth glеam

While you lie on a cold damp ground?

Taking in the face of a rifle butt

While the wardens hold you down

And you've never seen a friend in years

Oh, it turns your heart to stone

You jump the wall and the dogs run free

And the grave's gonna be your home

[Chorus]

Have mercy on the criminal

Who is running from the law

Are you blind to the winds of change?

Don't you hear him any more?

Saying, "Lord, you gotta help me

Now I am never gonna sin again

Take these chains from around my legs

Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

Oh, have mercy on the criminal

Who is running from the law

Are you blind to the winds of change?

Oh, don't you hear him any more?

Saying, "Lord, you gotta help me

Now I am never gonna sin again

Take these chains from around my legs

Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"