Peter Gabriel: Mercy Street. For Anne Sexton

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Uploaded by on Aug 25, 2009

For Anne Sexton

Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams all made solid
Are the dreams all made real

All of the buildings, all of those cars
Were once just a dream
In somebodys head

She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pictures a soul
With no leak at the seam

Lets take the boat out
Wait until darkness
Lets take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes

Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs
In the cold light of day

There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone

Dreaming of mercy st.
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy(s arms again
Dreaming of mercy st.
swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddys arms

Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word

Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-hes the doctor
He can handle the shocks

Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips
Of kissing marys lips

Dreaming of mercy st.
Wear your insides out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddys arms again
Dreaming of mercy st.
swear they moved that sign
Looking for mercy
In your daddys arms

Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy
Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy

Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves on the sea

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  • esse é de todos a melhor compilação de mercy street de todas do you tube

  • @Islingtonians This music is about Anne Sexton. Mercy Street is one of her poems.

  • thank you for dedicating this to Anne Sexton.

  • Qué belleza. La canción y la animación. Qué bueno.

  • ★★★★★★★★ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

  • cool stuff ,very good vid

  • Precioso vídeo muy bonito de verdad. Felicidades. Saludos Chayo.

  • Has this been the original videoclip? It is fascinating! Breathtaking! Perfectly corresponds to the atmosphere of the song plus relates to the dedication to Anne Sexton! Thanks for posting.

  • Sick vid!

    watch?v=UVCzLOJ00Ok

  • Who made this CG?

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