Show me Mercy from this misery It shouldn't be No ray of light will seize your window Everything is dead Even the mattress on your bed It shouldn't be filthy Relationships with sin So the roads may be quiet The trains may hum and sigh The people on the street Walk their lives on by Show me Courage from this cruelty It couldn't be Wear your carriage like an armour The radio says Now that everything's in place It couldn't be How you let them slap you on your face So the song may be nice The faces may entice The people swallow whole As art is realized Show me Meaning from this comedy It wouldn't be A room like this is never vulgar Why the walls are red? The children who will never sing It wouldn't be Summer steps will never spring So the heads may deny The bodies may defy The people & their lives How they slip on by