mercies new

is it fair to say i was lured away?

by endless distractions and lovelier attractions then

or fairer still

my own free will

is the better one to blame for this familiar mess

i've made again

so i would understand if you were out of patience

and i would understand if i was out of chances

and your mercies are new every morning

so let me wake with the dawn

when the music is through or so it seems to be

then let me sing a new song

old things gone

every day it's true

you make all your mercies new

the distance left between east and west

is how far you would go to forget the debt i'd owe

and thrown into the sea

the wicked ways in me

will never have a chance to wash back on the sand

so i would understand if you would make me pay

and i would understand lying in the bed i made again

your mercies are new every morning

so let me wake with the dawn

when the music is through or so it seems to be

let me sing a new song

old things gone

every day it's true

you make all your mercies new

up comes the sun on every one of us

gone

gone

gone the guilt and shame that knew your name

your mercies are new every morning

so let me wake with the dawn

when the music is through or so it seems to be

let me sing a new song

old things gone

every day it's true

you make all your mercies new