Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart Please have mercy on me Take it easy on my heart Even though you 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

You don't have to be on your own My song is love You don't have to be alone And I'm not gonna take it back And I'm not gonna say I don't mean that You're the target that I'm aiming at Love to the lovers shone And it goes up Your heavy heart

It's only words, and words are all I have To take your heart away You think that I don't even mean A single word I say Smile an everlasting smile A smile can bring you near to me Don't ever let me find you gone 'Cause that would bring a tear to me This

I just wanna take your time I don't wanna change your mind I don't have to make you love me I don't have to take your heart I don't wanna steal your freedom I don't know if you were looking at me or not You probably smile like that all the time And I

What made you say that Was it the moonlight, was it the starlight in your eyes Have you been listening to your heart It's too late now, you don't want to (I won't let you) take it back Cause I know love's Maybe tonight I'm gonna tell him how I feel Maybe

‘Cause we don’t have the time to be sorry So baby be the life of the party We don’t have to be ordinary Make your best mistakes I’m telling you to take your shot it might be scary Hearts are gonna break We don’t care what them people say We don't care

It's only words, and words are all I have To take your heart away You think that I don't even mean A single word I say Smile an everlasting smile A smile can bring you near to me Don't ever let me find you gone 'Cause that would bring a tear to me This

‘Cause we don’t have the time to be sorry So baby be the life of the party We don’t have to be ordinary Make your best mistakes I’m telling you to take your shot it might be scary Hearts are gonna break We don’t care what them people say We don't care