Oh, mercy Got a forty five shooter pointing straight at me You say you're gonna gun me down You got nothing to lose Cause you're down with the blues If only I could get out of town I got wise, kinda opened my eyes Change my ways search for better days The heater ain't straight You're gonna make a mistake Baby girl, you gotta calm down You gotta give me mercy I have a request I wanna see the sun go down Now you better change what you're gonna do Can't take a short cut out I got a feeling inside and I can see in your eyes You're really in kind of a trance I thought you were my girl My heaven sent black pearl But I got to know that time has shown me With the devil's queen I thought you were in Lady, lady, baby, baby I thought you were my Lady, lady, lady You ain't feeling alright Cause you been up all night Say you don't want me to go Stop messing around and put that heater down I should've walked out of the door I got wise, kinda opened my eyes Change my ways search for better days Everyone says you were a mistake, lover Turned and spit in their eyes Now time's moved on and the bitch has gotten strong Gotta say I can see why Talk's no good when you're down like this I gotta turn the other way Or run like hell, cause I gotta lot to tell Better see the light of day I thought you were my girl My heaven sent black pearl But I got to know that time has shown me With the devil's queen I thought you were in Lady, lady, baby, baby I thought you were my Lady, lady, lady Got a forty five shooter pointing straight at me You say you're gonna gun me down You got nothing to lose Cause you're down with the blues If only I could get out of town I got wise, kinda opened my eyes Change my ways search for better days The heater ain't straight You're gonna make a mistake Baby girl, you gotta calm down You gotta give me mercy I have a request I wanna see the sun go down Now you better change what you're gonna do Can't take a short cut out I got a feeling inside and I can see in your eyes You're really in kind of a trance I thought you were my girl My heaven sent black pearl But I got to know that time has shown me With the devil's queen I thought you were in Lady, lady, baby, baby I thought you were my Lady, lady, lady