Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart Please have mercy on me Take it it easy on my heart Even though you don't don't mean to hurt me You keep tearing me apart I'm saying baby Would you please have mercy on me I'm a puppet on your string And even though

I I don't wanna know about your new man 'Cause if it it was meant to be You wouldn't be callin' me up tryin' to 'Cause I'm positive that he don't don't wanna know about me We'll get there eventually I I know you're missin' all this kind of love But I'm positive that

Give it it to you I I don't want one thing that I I gave to you I'll give it it to you But honestly Don't Don't take what I I don't need (Give me back my piece of mind) Don't say what I I don't mean (Give me back my precious time) No way you'll silence me

This town's too small to be mean mean And somebody's sister knows somebody's husband And somebody's daughter knows somebody's brother And around here, we all look out for each other Aw, but don't don't you forget it it, as big as we're getting Too small to be lying

(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It don't don't mean a thing If it it ain't got that swing All you got to do is sing It It makes no diff'rence If it it's sweet or hot Just give that rhythm Ev'rything you got Oh, it don't don't mean a

If I I don't, if I I don't have you And even if the river should run dry I I may stay away for a night or two But all form of respect unto you is still due But it it's not that I I really mean mean to embarrass you, 'cause darling If I I don't, if I I don't, if I I don't have

This town's too small to be mean mean And somebody's sister knows somebody's husband And somebody's daughter knows somebody's brother And around here, we all look out for each other Aw, but don't don't you forget it it, as big as we're getting Too small to be lying

It just happened outta the blue A place here in my heart But somewhere in this new life I've begun It It don't don't mean that I I don't still love you And you'll always have I I picked up the phone She said hey it it's me I I know it it feels like forever since I've heard

We don't don't always say what we mean mean My youth is the foundation of me So wake me up in the Spring From the city of the 915 Where all the girls are pretty And they're down for the hype All my boys are with me Going up for the night But who cares, who cares

Baby you're a one of one to me I I know that I I should probably wife you up And baby I I swear I'm done with these Other women they don't don't mean shit to me You was tryna know me When they didn't know me Girl we fell in love we both worked at the mall Way before