I got a feeling of unrighteousness, bitter cold and hollow bitterness, Down the road, I walk with loneliness, Mercy will follow me I'm told. My sister sang, songs so sweet and sad, 'Bout a man, who's love I never had, There's a train, bound for Gillian? Mercy will follow me I'm told, Mercy will you follow me, Mercy will you follow me, 'Til my final breath at last I take, Mercy will you follow me, Mercy will you follow me, 'Til the chains of this old world I finally break. Under this skin, there lies a heart of stone, It's growing old, so very far, from home, But a heart of gold, I may someday own? And mercy will follow me, I'm told, Mercy will you follow me, Mercy will you follow me, Until the final breath at last I take, Mercy will you follow me, Mercy will you follow me, 'Til the chain of this old world I finally break, 'Til the chains of this old world I finally break, 'Til the chains of this old world I finally break.