Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now [Audio]
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- čas přidán 7. 11. 2012
- "Mercy Now" by Mary Gauthier
Featured on TV's "Yellowstone". Also recorded by Bobby Bare, Kathy Mattea, Mike Farris, Joe Crookston, and many others.
Album: Mercy Now (2005)
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LYRICS
My father could use a little mercy now
The fruits of his labor fall and rot slowly on the ground
His work is almost over won’t be long he won’t be around
I love my father, and he could use some mercy now
My brother could use a little mercy now
He’s a stranger to freedom shackled to his fears and doubts
The pain that he lives in is almost more than living will allow
I love my bother, and he could use some mercy now
My church and my country could use a little mercy now
As they sink into a poisoned pit its gonna take forever to climb out
They carry the weight of the faithful who follow ‘em down
I love my Church and Country and they could use some mercy now
Every living thing could use a little mercy now
Only the hand of grace can end the race
Towards another mushroom cloud
Theres people in power who’ll do anything to keep their crown
I love life, and life itself could use some mercy now
Yea, we all could use a little mercy now
I know we don’t deserve it, but we need it anyhow
We hang in the balance dangle ‘tween hell and hallowed ground
Every single one of us could use some mercy now
Every single one of us could use some mercy now
Every single one of us could use some mercy now - Hudba
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My wife listened to Mary before she passed. I still love my wife, church and country. I lost my wife. I fear I am losing my country. 24 years of military service and not a day of regret. I wish I could share my love of country to those who look to tear it apart.
Yes sir I agree the line about the brother was written for me I suffer severly in pain many surgeries gone by including 2 this yr she is A great singer Songwriter but yes It's true OUR COUNTRY is in a weird uncharted place Let's band together and Vote and pray!! Sorry for your loss !!!
Amen Brother! Sorry for your loss my friend.
I love my country, I detest the government. And I honor the people who put their lives on the line for all of our freedom, and benefit and blessing, regardless of who is sitting in the White House, or holding power in the house and Senate.
Man, im with you brother
I agree..dont want to see the outcome..but freedom ...
I heard this song on Yellowstone shortly after my father passed away. I love my father. ❤ Great Song
Me too 🥺
I lost my best friend a long time ago and it doesn't get better but knowing we'll be together again
Heard it today watching Yellowstone too, on my Birthday, at our Farm, missing my Dad gone now 3 years. 😢
Really a very great song
Wow, my father, a brilliant minister in Michigan, served and helped people all his life, had a doctorate in sacred theology. He died in 1982, and I still miss him....
No other song has ever affected me like this. It’s one of the greatest songs ever written in my opinion
It is. Definitely.
❤❤
I know it's been a while but I just had to comment. I have some serious pain going on and am exploring music as a gateway to mental healing i.e. the way some songs give us "goose bumps" which is a physical manifestation of our emotions and seems to over ride neurological and other types of pain. This song may have the power to heal.
Why not?
Why not what?
I'm coming from Yellowstone.
me too 👻
s1 e9
Me to
Yes, today
This song.....my brother who's sad.....my father aging....my country falling apart...god bless my family and my country....everything touched my heart with this song
💗
Seems whole world needs mercy now. People of faith needed to keep hope alive.❤
Mary has written THE song for the times we are are all struggling through.
It could change the world. If only there were a way to play it in streets around the world.
there is and it is you, repeating the call
Look up Bob Neuwirth. (Pardon the pun).
My sister was dying with bone cancer and she loved this song. When she was in so much pain I would turn this song on and lay it on her pillow and it would calm her down! I can still hear her say “ I like that “.
😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I knew there were songwriters still among us, and this music gives me hope.
It bothers me to know this is as underrated as it is. Mary deserves millions of listeners on all her songs.
I couldn’t agree more!
One cannot voice sentiment like this without walking through pain, facing the injuries of life rather than running away, forgiving rather than retaliating.
@@Honkytonkified So true. Beautifully stated.
Grace and Mercy to all and those who are living in fear and in doubt. Love you brothers and sisters. 🤍
And unto you.
God Bless.
As we speak. Thank you so much for the pat on the back. Exactly what I needed.
Thank you Friend/sister/ brother….God Bless you and Yours…. God Bless and Protect this once great country the United States of America….Lord we are sorry that this country has turned its back to your Glory…. Maranatha .
I left my dad today knowing that he could go at any moment now. I found this song around midnight and made it my prayer for him. I love my father.
I am right alongside you. My dad, who I adored, passed away in 2018. The world is just not the same without him. I hope to join him soon...
My Dad died later that very night. I felt a peace come over me as I let him go.
Absolutely true and beautiful, I lost my brother and my father to cancer, I heard a small piece of this on Yellowstone, had hubby look it up,he got out his 6 string ,played it for me, thank you 😊 🙏 I believe in the signs ,if this ain't the truth idk what is ❤
Beautiful! So sorry for you loss. But glad they are resting in such a better place.❤
Right now our country could use a little mercy!
Amen!
Amen
Twin Pines! Do you live in a place in California that's on Mt. San Jacinto and is called Twin Pines? That would be one heck of a coincidence, because that would make us neighbors!
And yes, AMEN!
True but we brought this upon ourselves , getting away from God ,the things we allow that's wrong ,#1 Obama ,and the destruction of America,
@@houstonbrown3450 Yes you are dead right because the guy after him brought such peace, unity and pride to the nation. My goodness you talk some crap
@Pamberi ne Hondo this song isn't about politics. Don't fall for that. Keep your head up, your heart forgiving and soft and have compassion for people. ESPECIALLY the people that disagree with you. If we keep repaying evil for evil we are just like our opponents.
Heard this song on the season finale of Yellowstone, and it struck me to the bone!!!
That is why I am here. I just heard it at the closing scene of Yellowstone as well. What an amazing scene. What an incredible song about all that we hold dear.
Amazing show, amazing music, amazing song. My father is a self-made success and built an amazing life for his family but now has a degenerative disease. He didn't have a chance to finish his work and just exists now...broke me down!
heard it after Yellowstone, and I thought it was a beautiful song,cant stop playing it
Yup Yellowstone brought me here
Shane Barker >>> The same with me... I like Yellowstone ! This song stayed with me. I just found Yellowstone 3 weeks ago. Amazing how people come across songs and movies/show on T V...
Heard this for the first time in 15 years today and with a few days left until the election I can't believe how relevant it still is. Now more than ever. Be kind.
You can buy Mary's 10 CD back catalog for $49 on her website. I just did. She was one of my favs in college in the late 90s, but between copied cassette tapes and Napster I probably never gave her a dime then, so I owe her for 25 years of great music.
“We hang in the balance, ‘tween Hell and Hallow’d ground”... Oh Lord do we.
My dad sent this song to me. I listened to it after grocery shopping out in the parking lot in my car. Tears started falling down my face as I thought about our state of affairs in this country and the world. It seems as though God has lifted His hand of mercy and His righteous judgment has come. This regular guy in work boots, a tshirt and ball cap walks in front of my car and is holding two bouquets of flowers. He ever so randomly turns at my car and hands me one through my window. He saw my tears and said “there is still mercy,” My only thought was that I hope the other flowers are for someone that has not yet understood His mercy. Crazy how God always makes Himself known to those who love Him and remove all trace of doubt and fear. Praise Him!
I'm a cowboy and I lost my father 😢
Yellowstone sent me here, oh boy could 2020 use this song..
You can say that again what a beautiful song
The world needs that mercy now, perhaps more than ever.
I am a father .. and it is hart 😢
Heard it on Yellowstone and learned it in twenty minutes so I can play to my dad
The first two verses knocked me to my knees. This song needs more attention.
This song not only goes deep inside. It touches your soul.
2023 here. When I was 15 , Im 70 now, I used to try to write happy songs about friends but they came out feeling like this. So I stopped trying and just enjoy other's work now.And the along comes Mary.
Very few songs knock me over the first time I hear them. Oh my gosh...Mary, you are incredible.
Phenomenal song!
Me too !!
Idrink and lucky stars have the same effect on me, she got so much soul and heartbreak in her voice
me too
Amen !
I flew from California ( i was on a job out there) to Ohio to get my fiance, then we flew to Atlanta, Ga Drove to Decatur, Ga.i went to see her perform in very small venue. Eddies attic. Maybe (100 people)Afterwards she sat at our table with us for like 15 minutes. I just think she is a amazing talent.
Yellowstone got me here.....I lost the ground to stand upon the day I lost my father a few years ago. it just wrecks me to bits seeing his vacant room now.
Thanks for this beautiful song Mary.
I cant stop the tear flowage when i hear this song...Lost my brother few years ago..Parents are both over 80 and fading everyday....This song is amazing,but wrenches on the heart strings!!
Thanks YELLOWSTONE
Great series and song. I'm fading but it's been a good life. Got five horses outback. Nobody gets out alive.
Lost my brother 5y ago, my mom is fading on a daily bases i wish you to stay strong. We aint gonna live forever enjoy as much as you can.
Appreciate every day you have - and hang on tight.
Well said. I can relate
No one promised life would bring you all you dreamed of, it full of things that knock us down, many of them you never recover from, but you get back up, dust yourself off and you keep walking that path till it comes to a fork and pick the next path. Your doing it and you are who you are because of all the things you went there. My father did when I was 5 , my mother when I was finely on my way in life, she seen my son, but never got to see me get married. I think she was there that day, something I felt. My faith was gone long ago, but I keep walking on this path. Stay on yours and enjoy, your lucky, be happy as much as possible.
DJ Donnie D
I was out in the country in a beautiful spot. The day was nearly over and sunlight was filtering through the trees.
This song came on the radio and it was...MAGIC. It gave me such peace. It was a God moment for me.
I'm beginning to suspect that Mary has a special connection to a higher plane, and communes with forces greater than ourselves.
Lucky. I was sitting at home and flipping through channels and just stopped on PBS (not sure why because I'm NOT A COUNTRY MUSIC FAN) and something MADE me stop. Heard the first line and that was it. I sat there with my mouth agape just listening.... bowled me right over.
I heard this song yesterday morning I heard this for the first time. It brought the truth forward for our country, our great AMERICA!!!!
I’m in the hospital recovering from a heart replacement I had yesterday. My great niece sent this song to me. I’m sharing this with everyone. It’s amazing to all who hear it. Thank you Mary
Thank you Jesus and Mary. I never knew what that was all about until just now. We all need a little mercy now.
❤ this song goes out to my older brother
My older brother is it good brother the best❤
This song reminds me of my Daddy, I love & miss him so much! 😔❣️.... My lil brother could use a lil Mercy Now too.
It's an ardent, beautifully poetic prayer set to music and describes exactly the times we are living in.
I would love to sing this as part of a choir in a house of worship.
this song made a grown ass man cry
This is a wonderful song in this time of sadness worldwide...god bless our families and our country...you have provided us with a shoulder to lean on... thank you ..Ms Gauthier
Holy cow... I heard it on Yellowstone. But I never listened to it...
Reruns... I just looked it up here...
All choked up...
the relevance this song has today is almost spiritual.
I'm thinking of sending this to my favorite pastor, as I consider it a hymn. It's a very progressive church, they support LGBTQ and BLM and all kinds of "alphabetic" groups that support human rights and Love.
There's a lady with a gorgeous voice in the congregation who often performs songs that are pop songs with beautiful messages. I would love to hear her sing this.
Love your pic, BTW! Aren't kitties awesome buddies? You have a sweet friend there! I'm holding the one who owns my heart. Houdini, the magical kitty.
It is spiritual no doubt
Not almost, it definitely is....
yes indeed, this whole world most certainly, needs some mercy now,
...and then some.
😉💜🌻
Got that RIGHT!💝
Well said my friend!
This is what prayer should be.
This song is so amazing. No other song has ever made me feel the way this song does. Maybe just the time in my life or something. Can’t explain it but what a powerful song
We listen to “ Mercy Now “ every day, sad. But inspiring.
Finished season 1 of Yellowstone and I knew some of the songs. But not this. What a song. Yellowstone must have an awesome soundtrack.
Has passed a bit of time since a song made me cry...
Heard this years ago at the Opry. She was the opening act. Powerful then and more powerful now.
This goes out to my older brother
I first heard this song on Yellowstone and it was so appropriate for the episode/scene. The song hit me hard for more reasons than just the scene on Yellowstone. My dad died suddenly a few years ago and he loved his land and had so many concerns about our environment. He certainly did what he could for his property but his legacy has essentially died with him and it is so sad.
Lovely tune 💖, greeting's from Dublin Ireland ✌️☘️🇮🇪
I was a late arrival to Yellowstone. Didn't start watching til late December '21. Binged all seasons twice and am halfway thru a 3rd time. The lyrics hit very hard, especially with the current situation with our country and the world. Besides being a great drama this show has introduced me to some incredible music.
The music is great. I’ve finally found music that I love.
❤ this song goes out to my brother J. C.
Just got into Yellowstone and heard this song for the first time. Beautiful.
Another artist who once recommended I can't understand how I lived without.
Perfectly put 👏
Yep, heard it on Yellowstone..glad I listened to it, it's beautiful.. thank you!
This voice, these lyrics, that melody, myGod how lovely. It’s a emotional storm!
That cello!
Man
Some songs just hit home at the right time
This is one of those songs at this present time
She needs All the support that she can get. This woman is as good as many of the past that we cherish. I just purchased her CD.
First time I heard this, I began crying and didn’t stop. So unbelievably good. Thx to my son for sending it my way.
This is an incredibly beautiful song.
There's no almost to it.... Spirituality permeates ALL the way through it. Brought a tear here. 🙏😊
How could 67 people not like this song?
Jealous that they didn’t write it
Strong voice calling us all to calm down.
Love you Mary! Just wish you'd stop making me cry! 😊 Your songs are wonderful ❤
They better be going to God for it. Quick, fast, and in a hurry.
W O W.... Just WOW. We sure could use some mercy now.
sent to my Dad... hes the best man ever
The pain he's living..is almost more than living will allow...strikes deep
I HEARD THIS SONG YEARS AND YEARS AGO. NEVER THOUGHT IT COULD CATCH UP TO ME. GB MG
The first episode of "Case Histories" has this song and John Prine's, "The Speed of the Sound of Loneliness." Just about the two best sad songs ever. by two great singer/songwriters.
I was wondering if I was the only one who heard it on Case Histories.
I am watching it right now.
Watching it at the moment , dad died in May x
@@TheHappyTangerine Watching both seasons over again. Loved it.
If I'd written this song, I could die happy.
This chick won me over with this song. First time i had ever of her! Lyrics are EXACTLY HOW I FEEL!
First father's day without my Dad 😭😭😭
Some here and it's tough as hell! Gotta get through it though and find beauty in Every day.
OUTSTANDING!!! Thanks
And Singer Songwriters like you are the reason TOP DOWN FINANCIE bought and control the music industry many moons ago. They can't let true artists spreading HEALING and INSPIRATION among an obedient work force......they might start getting "ideas"!!!
Shout out to Yellowstone for playing this song I love it now
I first heard this song driving from Murfreesboro to Lavergne one night in 2005. It reduced me to tears. I almost had to pull over.
A year later, my wife and I moved to Boston and I started playing every open mic I could find. At Java Joe’s in Jamaica Plain, I met a fella who said he knew Mary Gauthier and we talked about what it takes to get noticed and be a successful artist. “Be good” was the advice he gave me per Ms. Gauthier.
Flash forward to 2018 and I’m slinging samples of booch and kraut at a Whole Foods in Nashville and who comes by my table but Mary Gauthier. I asked her if she’d like a sample, then told her she looked like Mary Gauthier. She said, “well, I AM Mary Gauthier.”
We talked for a quick moment about sauerkraut and songwriting and I thanked her for being her.
Today, while mudding drywall, this song came on and it split me open. I just started crying again like I was hearing it for the first time. This may be the perfect song for the end of a year like 2020.
I wouldn’t be here without heaping loads of grace and mercy extended to me in my time. In gratitude, I’m practicing to extend as much of these as I can to others. I have much more
Practicing to do. Best wishes and happy new year to y’all. Let’s make room for some grace and mercy.
The year might end, but our adventures as individuals and as a collective will continue. Let’s do our best to make room for grace and mercy.
Well said.....
You SHOULD HAVE WON AN Emmy for this one song alone. The song of hope. One of the only one's penned in this generation.
It's Grammy not Emmy..
@@michaelsheridan2748 it was on a show.. should have taken home both in one category or another in my opinion
I love this song so much..
Heard this song watching Yellowstone and it hit me smack between the eyes. Absolutely brilliant!
True ten years ago and now. We all can use a little mercy now.
Only just discovered this song, and OH MY GOODNESS... it has become an absolute favourite. What a beautiful, beautiful song. A gorgeous laid-back beat, touching lyrics and Mary's voice is divine. Thank you, Mary. 💕👏
I used to listen to this song over and over and I heard a song tonight by a recent country artist that had the first couple cords. Reminded of this song but I couldn't remember Mary's name, tune or title. Only words I eventually came up with were 'my father'. Then the Gather Family came to me and I knew I was getting closer. It took a while....but here I am. So glad I found this again. Great song. As apropo to our world today as ever.
Yellowstone brought me here❤❤❤❤
Just dawned on me the song is about my father and my brother♥️✨ Not somebody else’s
Just heard this on Case Histories from 2013 and had to look it up. Instant classic!
Heard it from series yellow stone love the show I have been watching it since 10hrs and still watching it. Love it and the song 🎵 fantastic 👏
They just don't make songs like this anymore, Unfortunately. Full of real soul and heart. Not to mention, some beautiful guitar.....
First time hearing this song on Yellowstone… Cried. It’s such a great song.
🎉 how great the Yellowstone is shown on CBS now for everyone to hear this beautiful song at the end of Tonight's show
This is so relevant for today. God Help Us
2020. Who's listening?
She was the last person to tour with Guy Clark, she's a special gal. I love love love this song.
Mary, you played this for us at the Ironwood here in Calgary a few years ago. It meant so much to me, thank you again. ♿🇨🇦
The ‘Mercy Now’ album is by no means ripe with hope. The spilled blood of Mary Gauthier’s own past (detox and more) supplies the perspective in her truth telling. Potent lyrical bites are spicier and more rewarding than any gumbo she has served before. On the studio disc, Gauthier takes us around the corner to even darker corners, her poetic tongue wrapping itself around all sorts of agonizing situations.
This song in Yellowstone, oh my goodness. My father was not a part of my life, but my dreams of a father overwhelm me at times. This song and Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore by Chris Stapleton rock my soul.
I come back to this, thanks Mary.
Every living thing could use a little mercy now… beautiful song.
The truth in this song is one hell of a punch to the gut… 😣
Just heard this while listening to random tracks on youtube.....by the end of the song, I was in tears....thinking about family members, grandkids,.etc....
My Country needs some Mercy now.
"people in power they will do anything to keep their crown,"
Probably the best song writing I’ve heard!
thank you for this powerful prayer Mary.............
God Bless America and its Constitution🖤💛