oh i should have seen it coming guess i could have stayed awake always some damned fool mistake keeps me falling in this place change is sometimes for the better if a man can keep his head well at least that s what i ve read can t believe all that is said oh you angel of mercy won t you have me as a friend i have nothing but the end inside of me take me high above the canyons through the midnight blues and greys lead me from the devil s ways fly me free fly me free where the midnight smells of whiskey and the morning s soaked in gin there s a new day that begins if we turn our faith within and i ve tried to love my brother but my heart has lost its way and i ve never learned to pray never tried until today oh you angel of mercy won t you have me as a friend i have nothing but the end inside of me take me high above the canyons through the midnight blues and greys lead me from the devil s ways fly me free fly me free