love is like a fire,
​desert heart in
bloom.
tear drops on a
dozen black roses,
and i give them all
​to you.
​your soul is like
winter,
​I'm waiting for the
fall.
my pride feels a
splinter,
guess the writing's
on the wall.

lord have mercy,
i was forsaken
by love.

lord have mercy,
i thought i was
​the chosen one.

lord have mercy,
forgive me for the
things I've done.

lord have mercy
on me,
when my time 
has come.

God in heaven,
i don't know what
to do.
caught my woman in
​bed with another man,
then i lost my cool.

lord have mercy,
​i was forsaken by
love.

lord have mercy,
i thought i was the
chosen one,

lord have mercy,
forgive me for the
things I've done.
​
lord have mercy
on me,
when my time
has come.

​some shotgun shells,
​a bottle of booze.
open the gates of
hell,
we all have a path to
choose.
God have mercy on
my soul,
hope she's feelin'
​bulletproof....

she was late from
work,
so i followed her
back.
​she hitched a ride
with some GI Joe,
in a pearl white Cadillac.
they took a turn down
an old dirt road,
....pulled in to a two-
room flat.
​i got my 12 gauge
from the trunk,
​turned that place
  in to a
shotgun shack.

lord have mercy,
i was forsaken by
love,

lord have mercy,
i thought i was the
chosen one.

lord have mercy,
​forgive me for the
things I've done.

lord have mercy
on me,
when my time has
come.