10,000 Maniacs - Please Forgive Us lyric
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"Mercy, mercy," why didn't we hear it?
"Mercy, mercy," why did we read it buried on the last
page of our morning papers?
The plan was drafted, drafted in secret.
Gunboats met the red tide,
driven to the rum trade for the army that they created.
But the bullets were bought by us, it was dollars that paid them.
Please forgive us, we don't know what was done
in our name. There'll be more trials like this in mercenary
heydays. When they're so apt to wrap themselves up
in the stripes and stars and find that they are able
to call themselves heroes and to justify murder by
their fighters for freedom.
Please forgive us, we don't know what was done.
Please forgive us, we didn't know.
Could you ever forgive us?
I don't know how you could.
I know this is no consolation.
Please forgive us, we didn't know.
Could you ever believe that we didn't know?
Please forgive us, we didn't know.
I wouldn't blame you if you never could, and you never will
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