Stripper named Mercy
All of seventeen
Living in a trailer out on West 3rd St.
Bath water the color
Of Smirnoff Ice
Rain taps on the window as it falls out in the night
Mercy
She smokes those old Royal Golds
She ashes in the toilet
Sings along with the radio
Mercy
She has some crystal meth
What's so good about this drug that my mamma left
She goes to the store
Cops parked outside
With missing person wrap
Mercy
Gotta hide
She calls her boss, "Boss, I'm running late"
"Hurry up now, Mercy. Our customers don't like to wait"
She reads Harry Potter in a chair backstage
Waiting for an announcer to call out her name
A voice through the speaker, "Are you ready to receive"
"Put your hand's together boys it's your girl Mercy"