The Mountain Goats — The Diaz Brothers Jordan Lake Sessions Volume 1

[Verse 1] Cops and robbers, strictly bargain line Spent the wet night tracking visions through the pines Draw my arms into my hospital gown See the sky open and rain down Rain down [Refrain] Mercy Mercy for the Diaz brothers Mercy for the Diaz brothers [Verse 2] Hear my rivals on the western wind Hard to know who might or might not be your friend Work by the Plutonian light Forbidden rosary prayers all night All night [Refrain] Mercy Mercy for the Diaz brothers Mercy for the Diaz brothers [Bridge] Beam of the flash-light All night in the woods Hunt us like the dogs we are And then you can string us up for good [Verse 3] Keep one step ahеad of enemies And forеtell worse things than such frightful nights as these Lead us to the beach by our hands And bury us there in the sand Bury us head first [Refrain] Mercy Mercy for the Diaz brothers Mercy for the Diaz brothers Mercy for the Diaz brothers Mercy for the Diaz brothers Oh! [Outro] Yeah! It is so weird, you know. Here's the thing. When I write songs, I've got my eyes closed, and there's a pretend audience in the room, sort of, you know? It's like I'm imagining people responding. But it's weird to open your eyes after a band performance and then there's like a cart and a stool I wish y'all were here, I wish y'all were here