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Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)

This version of Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) was released by Marvin Gaye in 1971.

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Woo ah, mercy mercy me
Ah things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
Woo mercy, mercy me, mercy father
Ah things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Oil wasted on the ocean and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
Ah oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain’t what they used to be, no no
Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain’t what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Oh, na na…
My sweet Lord… No
My Lord… My sweet Lord

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About Lyrics and Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye

The lyrics for Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Marvin Gaye. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" means the words set to the music of Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) and the lyrics to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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