ELTON JOHN - Have Mercy On The Criminal lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album don't shoot me I'm only the piano player<br><br>Have you heard the dogs at night<br>Somewhere on the hill<br>Chasing some poor criminal<br>And I guess they're out to kill<br>Oh there must be shackles on his feet<br>And mother in his eyes<br>Stumbling through the devil-dark<br>With the hound pack in full cry<br><br>Have mercy on the criminal<br>Who is running from the law<br>Are you blind to the winds of change<br>Don't you hear him any more<br><br>Praying lord you got to help me<br>I am never gonna sin again<br>Just take these chains from around my legs<br>Sweet jesus I'll be your friend<br><br>Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam<br>While you lie on a cold damp ground<br>You're taking in the face of a rifle butt<br>While the wardens hold you down<br><br>And you've never seen a friend in years<br>Oh it turns your heart to stone<br>You jump the walls and the dogs run free<br>And the grave's gonna be your home