ships are moving closer to the shoreline and we re laughing in the face of loaded guns i saw it on the news we ain t got no worry but it won t be in the paper when d day comes lord have mercy for we know not what we do have mercy we ve forgotten to be afraid of you who can solve the problems of a nation we cure the symptoms but we re killed by the disease i feel i ve more than made my contribution but i hope there s room in heaven for my ego and me lord have mercy for we know not what we do have mercy we ve forgotten to be afraid of you have mercy lend us your hand lord have mercy give us just another chance too many coaches on the sideline too many keepers in the zoo how will we know we ve passed the deadline give us the strength to stand or fall god in heaven have mercy on us all the ships are even closer to the shoreline now we re playing in a madman s house of fun i read it in the news we ain t got no worry but it won t be in the paper when d day comes lord have mercy