ibuspic
May 02, 2026
English Songs
Red Clay Mercy
Title: Red Clay Mercy
[Verse 1]
I was born by the mill road bend
Where the kudzu eats the fence
Mama washed shirts in a tin pan
Daddy left with a dented Benz
I learned hard truth in the shed out back
From a blade and a busted chain
When the summer rains came pounding down
I could hear the whole town strain
[Pre-Chorus]
And I kept that fire in my ribs
Kept that smoke in my lungs
Every bad word they threw my way
Turned to thunder on my tongue
[Chorus]
Red clay mercy
Save me now
Red clay mercy
Drag me out
I been bruised, I been burned
But I still come back around
Red clay mercy
Save me now
[Verse 2]
She wore a coat of faded denim
And a scar above her eye
Said, "Boy, if you want a clean escape
You picked the wrong night to try"
We met by the bait shop water
Where the catfish roll and turn
She kissed me like a warning sign
Then she let the whole thing burn
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the moon sat fat and mean
On the spillway concrete edge
She said, "Love don't live in soft hands
Love lives on a barbed-wire ledge"
[Chorus]
Red clay mercy
Save me now
Red clay mercy
Drag me out
I been bruised, I been burned
But I still come back around
Red clay mercy
Save me now
[Bridge]
I screamed at the chain-link sky
I begged the river to hold
I saw my name in the mud at dawn
Looked half-dead and feeling bold
Then your hand found mine
Like a match in a darkened room
And I rose up singing through the pain
Like a storm that learned to bloom
[Final Chorus]
Red clay mercy
Save me now
Red clay mercy
Drag me out
I been bruised, I been burned
But I still come back around
Red clay mercy
Save me now
Red clay mercy
Save me now
Red clay mercy
Drag me out
