Track Talk: Mercy Mercy
Date: December 3, 2012 11:13
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Mercy Mercy
(Don Convay / Ronnie Miller)
Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois, US, May 10, 1965
Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals
Keith Richards - electric guitar, backing vocals
Charlie Watts - drums
Bill Wyman - bass
Brian Jones - electric guitar
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
Well, I went to see the gypsy
To have my fortune read
She said: Man, your baby gonna leave you
Her bags are packed up under the bed, that's right
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
But if you leave me, baby
Girl, if you put me down
I'm gonna make it to the nearest river, child
And jump overboard and drown, that’s right
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
I said: Hey hey, baby, hey hey, now
What you trying to do
Hey hey, baby, hey hey, now
Please don't say we're through, yeah, yeah, yeah
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
But if you stay, baby
I tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna work two jobs, seven days a week
And bring my money home to you, that’s right
Have mercy, please, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me, yeah
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Have mercy, have mercy on me
Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
First released on:
The Rolling Stones - “Out Of Our Heads” LP
(London PS 429) US, July 30, 1965