Lord Have Mercy On My Soul - Black Oak Arkansas

Now there’s somethin' I’d like to talk to you about

At this particular moment, and that’s about the one

Thing that we won’t be able to do together.

Unless we

All become as one.

And if we all become as one, then

We can walk thru it together.

Now I ain’t walked thru

It all the way yet.

But there was a time I walked

Into it, and I had to go into it alone, that’s this

Place called the Halls of Karma.

Now when you go into

The Halls of Karma the way I did, I don’t know, it

Might have been hallucination, but I think it was

Real.

You see I felt the presence of the two energies;

The positive and the negative;

of God and the Devil

However you want it.

And they were pullin' and

Decidin' and wondering what to do with my soul, and I

Couldn’t take this at this moment 'cause I had to come

Back to be with you people to do a thing and I proved

To 'em, in bargainin' with 'em that I had a thing to

Do for the good of all of us.

Out of this bargain

The devil, he got my body for the good in his needs

While I’m here on earth and the Lord, he’s got my mind

For the good of the universe and for the good of man

And they both got me in between 'cause they both got

My soul.

So the next time I come up, I want the Lord

To, Please have Mercy, On My Soul

I’ve walked through the Halls of Karma

I shook hands with both the Devil and God

They turned my eyes to the inside to see

Where my energies have gone

Yes I’ve run with both all through my life

I’ve respected and reflected them both

Yes the sympathy of God as he looked

At my life the excitement of the Devil as we talked

So Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy on my soul

The Devil said, «scratch my back and I’ll

Scratch your back for sure»

So you have done all these sins for him

My heart could not be pure

I found out what means more to me

Than anything on this earth

To be ready for my judgement day

Ready to face the truth

So Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy on my soul

I hope I’ve done the right things

For both your sake and mine

I preach in what I live for

My only fear is fear of time

I wanted to look logical

To both my «Maker» and his host

But this trip of life must be complete

Or my cards will be lost

So Lord Please Have Mercy on My Soul