“Mercy Me, I’m Lonely Tonight” is the eighth track off the Collective’s first album. It was written by Nancy Vogl.
Liner Notes:
When I was growing up around Redondo Beach, I thought politics was something that happened at City Hall, or Sacramento, or Washington. Why wasn’t I taught that politics was my own daily interaction with the world around me? Multiplied by thousands, it’s all of our own daily frustrations, joys, and interpersonal relationships that shape our perceptions of the world. If we can see that our personal choices taken together can effect political change, we can begin to reclaim the basic necessities for our survival, and control over our lives that the patriarchal society has always defined for us.
Lyrics:
Oh I never knew how lonesome I could be but now I find
That I just cannot keep you from my mind
And the whistle at the factory
Blows away the evening time
Mercy me I’m lonely tonight
Mercy me I’m lonesome when the ocean waves goodbye
And the tide of love is drifting off to die
And to hold you in my arms again
Would only make me cry
Mercy me I’m lonely tonight
Oh I never knew how lonesome I could be in falling rain
With the empty halls still calling out your name
And if I could ask the lord above
To help me ease my pain
She would make you fall in love with me again
‘Cause mercy me I’m lonesome
When the night begins to chill
And the whipporwhill is rustling on the breeze
And the telephone keeps ringing
How I wish it was for me
My sweet heart is breaking darling
Please believe
Well the preacher is on the T.V. is lifting up his eyes
And he says Jesus makes our troubles bright
But the love I have for Jesus ain’t the love I need tonight
Won’t you please return
My light
My love
My life