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You cried, you cried

Oh..

You've been living like a hobo in the hallways

Oh way too long

You've been sleeping in the doorway

Oh what's gone wrong?

And you cry like a baby

A baby whose mama's gone

As you holler from your squalor

Into the distance

The sisters of mercy will come (Praise)

Little sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy will come

Little sisters of mercy

Father dear father

What's gone wrong?

Your boy that was proud and was angry, his spirit was overcome

He's calling for mercy, Oh, but no one phones.

Into the cold black night

She stands alone

Oh father dear father

What have I done?

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

Mama mama

This is your boy

In this smile that you gave me there is sadness

There is no joy

I am weary I am lost and overcome

If my sadness my anger is swallowed

Oh mama mama

What went wrong? (Help me!)

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

Yeah..oh..

(Oh)(From Zion to Babylon)(You're weary now, you're hunrgy)

(We are frightened now)

Praise sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Oh sisters of mercy

And the bells that will ring

They're calling from Zion to Babylon

We are weary we are lost

Like children

We are angry we are frightened

Oh mama oh mama what have I done?

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

The sisters of mercy they come

Hail sisters of mercy

Sisters of mercy