Have Mercy on the Criminal
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⏱️ 6:34 duration
🆔 ID: 8892855
📜 Lyrics
Have you heard the dogs at night
Somewhere on the hill?
Chasing a poor criminal
And you know they're out to kill
And there must be shackles on his feet
Murder in his eyes
Stumbling through the devil-dark
With the hound pack in full cry
Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
Have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
As you lie on a cold damp ground?
Taking in the face from a rifle butt
As the wardens hold you down
And you've never seen a friend in years
Turns your heart to stone
You jump the wall and the dogs run free
And the grave's gonna be your home
Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
Oh, have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be...
your friend"
Somewhere on the hill?
Chasing a poor criminal
And you know they're out to kill
And there must be shackles on his feet
Murder in his eyes
Stumbling through the devil-dark
With the hound pack in full cry
Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
Have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
As you lie on a cold damp ground?
Taking in the face from a rifle butt
As the wardens hold you down
And you've never seen a friend in years
Turns your heart to stone
You jump the wall and the dogs run free
And the grave's gonna be your home
Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
Oh, have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him anymore?
Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
So take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus, I'll be...
your friend"
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:42.15] Have you heard the dogs at night
[00:46.97] Somewhere on the hill?
[00:54.25] Chasing a poor criminal
[00:58.65] And you know they're out to kill
[01:07.00] And there must be shackles on his feet
[01:13.56] Murder in his eyes
[01:20.52] Stumbling through the devil-dark
[01:24.97] With the hound pack in full cry
[01:33.53] Have mercy on the criminal
[01:39.29] Who is running from the law
[01:46.52] Are you blind to the winds of change
[01:51.24] Don't you hear him anymore?
[01:58.22] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[02:03.11] I am never gonna sin again
[02:08.96] So take these chains from around my legs
[02:14.66] Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
[02:23.56] Have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
[02:29.41] As you lie on a cold damp ground?
[02:35.98] Taking in the face from a rifle butt
[02:41.12] As the wardens hold you down
[02:49.50] And you've never seen a friend in years
[02:56.13] Turns your heart to stone
[03:02.62] You jump the wall and the dogs run free
[03:07.67] And the grave's gonna be your home
[03:16.39] Have mercy on the criminal
[03:22.31] Who is running from the law
[03:29.61] Are you blind to the winds of change
[03:34.02] Don't you hear him anymore?
[03:41.22] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[03:46.20] I am never gonna sin again
[03:51.79] So take these chains from around my legs
[03:57.46] Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
[04:05.47]
[05:23.76] Oh, have mercy on the criminal
[05:30.64] Who is running from the law
[05:37.91] Are you blind to the winds of change
[05:42.17] Don't you hear him anymore?
[05:49.42] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[05:54.42] I am never gonna sin again
[05:59.84] So take these chains from around my legs
[06:05.34] Sweet Jesus, I'll be...
[06:14.21] Your friend"
[06:17.59]
[00:46.97] Somewhere on the hill?
[00:54.25] Chasing a poor criminal
[00:58.65] And you know they're out to kill
[01:07.00] And there must be shackles on his feet
[01:13.56] Murder in his eyes
[01:20.52] Stumbling through the devil-dark
[01:24.97] With the hound pack in full cry
[01:33.53] Have mercy on the criminal
[01:39.29] Who is running from the law
[01:46.52] Are you blind to the winds of change
[01:51.24] Don't you hear him anymore?
[01:58.22] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[02:03.11] I am never gonna sin again
[02:08.96] So take these chains from around my legs
[02:14.66] Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
[02:23.56] Have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
[02:29.41] As you lie on a cold damp ground?
[02:35.98] Taking in the face from a rifle butt
[02:41.12] As the wardens hold you down
[02:49.50] And you've never seen a friend in years
[02:56.13] Turns your heart to stone
[03:02.62] You jump the wall and the dogs run free
[03:07.67] And the grave's gonna be your home
[03:16.39] Have mercy on the criminal
[03:22.31] Who is running from the law
[03:29.61] Are you blind to the winds of change
[03:34.02] Don't you hear him anymore?
[03:41.22] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[03:46.20] I am never gonna sin again
[03:51.79] So take these chains from around my legs
[03:57.46] Sweet Jesus, I'll be your friend"
[04:05.47]
[05:23.76] Oh, have mercy on the criminal
[05:30.64] Who is running from the law
[05:37.91] Are you blind to the winds of change
[05:42.17] Don't you hear him anymore?
[05:49.42] Screaming, "Lord, you got to help me
[05:54.42] I am never gonna sin again
[05:59.84] So take these chains from around my legs
[06:05.34] Sweet Jesus, I'll be...
[06:14.21] Your friend"
[06:17.59]