show me   mercy from this misery   it shouldn't be   no ray of light will seize your window   everything is dead   even the mattress on your bed   it shouldn't be filthy   relationships with sin      so the roads may be quiet   the trains may hum and sigh   the people on the street   walk their lives on by      show me   courage from this cruelty   it couldn't be   wear your carriage like an armour   the radio says   now that everything's in place   it couldn't be   how you let them slap you on your face      so the song may be nice   the faces may entice   the people swallow whole   as art is realized   show me   meaning from this comedy   it wouldn't be   a room like this is never vulgar   why the walls are red?   the children who will never sing   it wouldn't be   summer steps will never spring      so the heads may deny   the bodies may defy   the people & their lives   how they slip on by.