When I was just seventeen I ran away from home 
To be with all the pretty people 
To be on my own 
Bright lights and trains and bedsit stains 
And pavements paved with gold 
And I believed in everything that everybody told me 
 
Have mercy 
Have mercy on me 
 
I found myself in a lonely place with a suitcase full of dreams 
And I soon grew up to realise what living in the doghouse means 
But everyday I told myself good things would happen soon 
'cause I knew that I was going to be a legend in my living room  
 
Have mercy 
Have mercy on me 
 
(Welcome to this perfect world) 
 
Now everyday on a dead end street is where I spend my time 
The dust has been collecting on the corners of my mind 
But I've shed my tears in bitter drops until the thorn trees bloomed 
To take the spiky fruit to crown myself the Queen of doom 
 
Have mercy 
Have mercy on me