May your eyes have mercy on the likes of this stranger,

For I am alone and have no place to go.

I have danced at the door to the den of the devil,

But I have not tainted my soul.

And the words that I'm crying is a dream that lay dying

Of a love, a love that is no more.

May your eyes have mercy on the likes of this stranger,

As I lay my heart at your door.

Can you see on the horizon the storm that is coming?

The smell's in the air like the sweet taste of sin.

I stand on your doorstep, my clothes are all tattered,

Oh won't you please let me in?

And the words that I'm crying is a dream that lay dying

Of a love, a love that up and ran.

May your eyes have mercy on the likes of this stranger,

As I lay my heart in your hands.

I have squandered my youth and fortunes

On words that were spoken untrue,

And the weight of my load's left me broken and cold

So I leave my redemption to you.

May your eyes have mercy on the likes of this stranger,

For I am alone and have no place to go.

It's a long, hard, cold lonely road that I've traveled,

Oh won't you please take my soul?

It's a voice that is crying, it's a dream that lay dying,

It's a love that won't be back no more.

May your eyes have mercy on the likes of this stranger,

Oh won't you please, oh won't you please,

Save my soul.