This is the room that I once lived in Gold carpet, fake wood paneling
Worked from dark, 'til the dawn it crept in Stayed there until I’d been forgotten
The shop downstairs sells generic cigarettes
Lighters with tits, and lottery tickets
And they got a motor on the beer cooler
That keeps me up at night
And I’ve seen the holes burned into these walls
By the eyes of the lonely who’ve long ago given up Calling for mercy. oh mercy me Oh, mercy me, oh, mercy
A lady lives next to me she has some family
Her hair is still blond though her body has softened
Her daughter’s ashamed of her stays half an hour
On christmas and her birthday
And I share a bathroom with the blond lady
Halfway between her and me in the hallway
And everything shakes when trucks go by on the street
It makes my head and my bones ache
And I’ve seen the holes burned into these walls
By the eyes of the lonely who’ve long ago given up Calling for mercy. oh mercy me Oh, mercy me, oh, mercy
Hey, ho, let yourself go Slit me up from gut to throat
And call it a victory
Oh, mercy me Oh, mercy me, oh mercy
Now my key’s in the door this room’s fallen empty
Through the wall I hear a TV
And I’m leaving now while nobody sees me