Pawn Takes Rook - Have Mercy

Friday night, dressed up in your Sunday’s best,

you stopped asking if I got there yet.

I’ve thought up every way to tell you «no.»

And why you shouldn’t go alone.

And why I shouldn’t go alone.

You were so much better than me:

polite and right and some straight teeth.

Find someone that will make you love yourself as much

as I loved you.

It’s a goddamn shame that you ever changed your name.

I’m the pawn and you’re the rook and you played me like a crook.

I never wanted it to end this way.

You wanted some change and you changed what you want:

«Tall, dark, and handsome…»

I am being blunt.

Bound and gagged and hands were cuffed,

now you only call when things get rough.

You were so much better than me:

polite and right and some straight teeth.

Find someone that will make you love yourself as much

as I loved you.

It’s a goddamn shame that you ever changed your name.

I’m the pawn and you’re the rook and you played me like a crook.

I never wanted it to end this way.

It’s a goddamn, it’s a goddamn,

I’m the pawn and you’re the rook and you played my like a crook.

I never wanted it to end this way.

I told you how you’re wrong, I kept it clean.

The coffee table talks and a blank TV screen.

I preached life and what it means.

How I’m a terrible man.

It’s ingrained in my genes and it doesn’t mean shit to me…

Its a goddamn, it’s a goddamn,

I’m the pawn and you’re the rook and you played my like a crook.

I never wanted it to end this way.