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No Mercy in This Land (Live at Machine Shop)

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite

Blues

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Ben Harper

Performer

Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ben Harper

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Ben Harper

Producer

Ethan Allen

Producer

Jesse Ingalls

Producer

Jimmy Paxson

Producer

Sheldon Gomberg

Sheldon Gomberg

Producer

Jason Mozersky

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

What would be the first thing you'd say to the Lord?

The last thing you would dream if you couldn't dream no more

Won't you please help me to understand

Why there's no mercy in this land?

No mercy in this land

[Verse 2]

Followed the river till the river ran dry

Followed my lover till we said goodbye

Followed through soldiers that fired on command

Is there no mercy in this land?

[Verse 3]

These days I speak in whispers

Travel only to and from

Come close, you'll see the red

Of a well-bitten tongue

The righteous and the wretched

The holy and the damned

Is there no mercy in this land?

No mercy in this land

[Verse 4]

Father left us down here all alone

My poor mother lies under a stone

With an aching heart and trembling hands

Is there no mercy in this land?

Written by: Ben Harper, Jason Mozersky, Jimmy Paxson