[Verse 1]
Lonesome is the whip-poor-will
Never seen one but I feel
Time is like a Ritalin pill
Goes too fast and makes you ill
[Refrain]
Have mercy on me
Have mercy on me
[Verse 2]
Love is like the mockingbird
Singing all the things he's heard
Sweet into his lover's ear
This time for sure, promise you, dear
[Refrain]
[Verse 3]
Shameful is the cardinal
His colors make him fallible
While we made through the window side
He's captured the coyote's eye
[Refrain] x2