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The Breast of Mercy Lyrics by John Lucas

The Bible Belt Sessions, Vol. 2

2022

[Verse 1]
\nOh I went to gather manna
\nIn the cool of the morn
\nWhen the dew is still virgin
\nAnd the sun’s just been born
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nAnd I picked me a spot
\nJust as fair as the rest
\nAnd not before long
\nWas I caught in their nets
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nOh, are we to starve
\nIn the promised land?
\nOh, are we to starve
\nIn the promised land?
\n
\n[Verse 3: Andy Squyres]
\nThe fields are all fenced
\nThey’re all guarded night and day
\nBut the kids are all hungry, man
\nWe’ve got to find a way
\n
\n[Verse 4: Andy Squyres]
\nIf we just had a few acres
\nWe’d grow healthy and old
\nOh I ain’t putting no more bodies
\nIn the earth that’s been stol’d
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nNo, I won’t starve
\nIn the promised land
\nNo, I won’t starve
\nIn the promised land
\n
\n[Verse 5]
\nStillborn Moses on the river
\nOpen for all
\nWhile they’re burning the fruit
\nCause the profit’s too small
\n
\n[Verse 6]
\nOh but Jesus still got cattle
\nOn a thousand hills of green
\nUnless the bank’s got ‘em too
\nI ain’t surprised by a thing
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nBut no, we ain’t gonna starve
\nIn the promised land
\nNo, we ain’t gonna starve
\nIn the promised land
\n
\n[Verse 7: Andy Squyres & John Lucas]
\nThe breast of mercy is bared
\nTo the lips of the poor
\nCome and drink your fill
\nThere ain’t no lock on the door
\n
\n[Verse 8: Andy Squyres & John Lucas]
\nCan’t nobody own
\nThe land of the redeemed
\nThere ain’t no slave or sharecropper
\nServant or king
\n
\n[Verse 9: Andy Squyres & John Lucas]
\nChrist within all
\nAin’t no trespassing sin
\nCan poison the wine
\nWhen there’s mercy within\n\n
Credits
John Lucas

John Lucas

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"The Breast of Mercy" appears on "The Bible Belt Sessions, Vol. 2" in 2022.

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