Kneeling Drunkards Plea Lyrics - Unchained - Johnny Cash

Lord have mercy on me 

Was the kneeling drunkard's plea 

And as he knelt there on the ground 

I know that God in heaven looked down 

I went down by an old country church 

I saw the drunkard stagger and lurch 

And as he reached his mother's grave 

I saw that drunkard kneel and pray 

Lord have mercy on me 

Was the kneeling drunkard's plea 

And as he knelt there on the ground 

I know that God in heaven looked down 

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Bring my darling boy to me 

Was his mother's dying plea 

And as he staggered through the gate 

Alas, he came just one day too late 

Three years have passed since she went away 

Her son is sleeping beside her today 

And I know that in heaven his mother he'll see 

For God has heard that drunkard's plea 

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Lord have mercy on me 

Was the kneeling drunkard's plea 

And as he knelt there on the ground 

I know that God in heaven looked down