Are we really happy with this lonely game we play? Looking for the right words to say Searching but not finding Understanding anyway We're lost in this masquerade Both afraid to say we're just too far away From being close together from the start We tried to talk it over, but the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes And no matter how hard I try To understand the reasons why we carry on this way We're lost in this masquerade We tried to talk it over, but the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play Thoughts of leaving disappear each time I see your eyes And no matter how hard I try To understand the reason why we carry on this way We're lost in a masquerade We're lost in a masquerade (And we're lost in a masquerade)

Take me to heart and I'll always love you And nobody can make me do wrong Take me for granted, leaving love unsure Makes will-power weak and temptation strong A woman's only human You should understand she's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you want a do-right-all-day woman You've got to be a do-right-all-night man They say that it's a man's world Well, you can improve that by me And as long as we're together, baby Show some respect for me A woman's only human You should understand she's not just a plaything She's flesh and blood just like her man If you want a do-right-all-day woman You've got to be a do-right-all-night man

Are we really happy here With this lonely game we play Looking for words to say Searching but not finding Understanding any way We're lost in a mask, masquerade Both afraid to say we're just too far away From being close together from the start We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way We're lost inside this lonely game we play Thoughts of weeping disappear Every time I see your eyes No matter how hard I try, oooh To understand the reasons That we carry on this way We're lost in a mask, masquerade

It seems life has played a game on me I'm lost in a sea of misery My love has turned her back on me Heartaches, why won't you let me be? I said now, baby, have some mercy please Don't leave me, baby, on bended knee Oh please, mercy, mercy, mercy please Have mercy on me Mercy, mercy, mercy please How can I face life without you What would I do if we were through? Don't you know, love I wait for you every single night Hoping you'll return and make things right You don't show and I'm sitting here all alone To pray you're gonna call me on the phone Baby, have some mercy please Don't leave me, baby, on bended knee Oh please, mercy, mercy, mercy please Have mercy on me Mercy, mercy, mercy please You know I love you and I'm begging For one more chance, one chance, once more I know life's got many a twist Loving you, baby, is a thing I can't resist Your love and understanding you've been giving me Without it, I just can't go on living Baby, have some mercy please Don't leave me, baby, on bended knee Oh please, mercy, mercy, mercy please Have mercy on me Mercy, mercy, mercy please Have mercy on me.

Mercy mercy Bring me to my knees As the morning Calls to light the dark in me Heaven's story Breathing life into my bones Spirit lift me From this wasteland, lead me home Now I Find my life in Yours My eyes On Your name Arrest my heart From its reckless path Release the chains in me Awake my soul To the hope You hold Your grace is all I need Humble glory Chose to carry all my shame Rendered worthy In the shadow of Your Name Gracious fury Written in my Savior's scars Mercy mercy Now engraved upon my heart Now I Find my life in Yours My eyes On Your name Arrest my heart From its reckless path Release the chains in me Awake my soul To the hope You hold Your grace is all I need Arrest my heart From its reckless path Release the chains in me Awake my soul To the hope You hold Your grace is all I need Mercy mercy Bring me to my knees As the morning Calls to light the dark in me

Have mercy Have mercy, baby Mmm, have mercy, yeah Have mercy on me Well, I went to see a gypsy And had my fortune read She said, Don Your baby's gonna leave you Her bag is packed up Under the bed I cried Have mercy Have mercy, baby, yeah Have mercy, yeah Have mercy on me I said, if you leave me, baby Girl, if you're putting me down Well, I'm going to The nearest river, child And jump overboard and drown Have mercy Have mercy, baby Mercy, yeah, have mercy Yeah have mercy Have mercy on me Well now, hey, hey, baby Hey, hey now What you trying to do, huh Hey, hey, baby Hey, hey now Please don't say we're through I said if you stay here, baby I'll tell you what I'm gonna do I'm gonna work two jobs Seven days a week and Bring my money home to you Well, I said mercy Mercy, mercy, mercy Mercy, mercy