[Verse]

I got a feeling of unrighteousness

Bitter cold and hollow bitterness

Down the road I walk with loneliness

Mercy will follow me, I'm told

My sister sang a song so sweet and sad

About a man whose love I never had

There is a train bound for Gilead

And mercy will follow me, I'm told

[Chorus]

Mercy, will you follow me?

Mercy, will you follow me?

Till my final breath at last I take

Mercy, will you follow me?

Mercy, will you follow me?

Till the chains of this old world I finally break

[Verse]

Under this skin there lies a heart of stone

That's growing old so very far from home

But a heart of gold I may one day own

And mercy will follow me, I'm told

[Chorus]

Mercy, will you follow me?

Mercy, will you follow me?

Till my final breath at last I take

Mercy, will you follow me?

Mercy, will you follow me?

Till the chains of this old world I finally break

Till the chains of this old world I finally break

Till the chains of this old world I finally break