Angel Of Mercy - Al Stewart

Every evening you come

Around here

In your cloak of lies

Half-believing I sit and listen

As you offer up the prize

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

There is no pleasure

Waiting here for you

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

I don’t see you anymore

As an angel of mercy

Imitations of the good life

Were your stock in trade

Pale imitations you run for cover

When the promise starts to fade

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

There is no treasure

Waiting here for you

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

I don’t see you anymore

As an angel of mercy

You play the game well

You’ve got the knack

Your hand in the till

And the knife in the back

Head for the hills

Leaving them flat

How come you treat

Everybody like that

Spaced invader of my privacy

Be on your way

Tricky trader in webs of fantasy

The bank is closed today

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

There is no pleasure

Waiting here for you

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

I don’t see you anymore

As an angel of mercy

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

There is no treasure

Waiting here for you

Pick up your smile

Just go faithless friend

I don’t see you anymore

As an angel of mercy