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Lord have mercy on me
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
And as he knelt there on the ground
I know that God in Heaven looked down
I went down by an old country church
I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch
And as he reached his mother's grave
I saw that drunkard kneel and pray
Lord have mercy on me
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
And as he knelt there on the ground
I know that God in Heaven looked down
Bring my darling boy to me
Was his mother's dying plea
And as he staggered through the gate
A lassie came just one day too late
Three years have passed since she went away
Her son is sleeping beside her today
And I know in Heaven his mother he'll see
For God has heard that drunkard's plea
Lord have mercy on me
Was the kneeling drunkard's plea
And as he knelt there on the ground
I know that God in Heaven looked down
- Album:
- Long in the Tooth
- Live At Billy Bob’s Texas
- Tramp on Your Street
- Miscellaneous
- Unshaven - the Live Album
- Storyteller (Live at the Bluebird 1992)
- The Essential Billy Joe Shaver
- Live from Austin, TX
- Live from Austin, TX: Outlaw Country
- Greatest Hits
- 2003-10-04: Smith’s Olde Bar, Athens, GA, USA
- 2009-12-03: The Melting Point, Athens, GA, USA
- Billy Joe Shaver: Greatest Hits
- Honky Tonk, Vol. 1
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Restless Wind: The Legendary Billy Joe Shaver 1973-1987
- Waylon Jennings: The Red River Tribute
- When I Get My Wings
- The Complete Columbia Recordings
- The Squidbillies Present: Music for Americans Only Made...