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peter gabriel - mercy street

from feast of days by jean mann

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paying homage to an exquisitely haunting song by Peter Gabriel, who was inspired by the life and death of poet, Anne Sexton

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Mercy Street - by Peter Gabriel
Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams made solid, are the dreams made real
All of the buildings, all of the cars
Were once just a dream in somebody's head
She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pictures a soul with no leak at the seam


..lets take.. the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes

Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs in the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone

CHORUS

Dreaming of mercy street
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms again

Dreaming of mercy street
Swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms

Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness, tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips

CHORUS

Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves
on the sea

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from feast of days, released October 2, 2020

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jean mann Seattle, Washington

Experiencing jean mann’s music is akin to sitting around the kitchen table, catching up on the news of the soul. A genre- hopping, contemporary singer-songwriter, she flavors her tunes with tenor and acoustic guitars, ukuleles and harmonica. All to accompany a warm, texture-laden vocal style.
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