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Mercy (Don't Leave Me Crying) 12" Version

from Soul Parish Lost Tracks: Mercy EP by Nicholas Chase aka Soul Parish

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Original 12" Full Length Version.

One of the reasons I never recorded this song is because friends and fans criticized the demo instrumental as being too commercial.

Mercy came after that burst of writing for that first studio session. The 8 recordings I made in the studio gave me a taste for studio work. My ideas focused on the recording situation and on dance floors, not live performances. In my opinion, "Mercy" showed mature progress as a producer, and as a songwriter who understands the various contexts songs appear in. It was sophisticated in its simplicity and subtle collection of ideas than I had worked with in previous cuts. The synth arrangement and vocal overdubs were more complex than anything I'd tried before.

I revisited "Mercy" in various studio situations and experimented with different arrangements, but I felt they were departures from the heart of song. Realized here in the mood and arrangement I always meant for it, the familiar will recognize "Mercy" from "Musical Boy," an experimental instrumental project (except for this track) I put out on cassette.

lyrics

Tears
that run
like wine
never fell when you were mine
Tears
that’s all
and time
please don’t leave me crying

Mercy mercy
Don’t leave me crying
Mercy mercy

Mercy mercy
Don’t leave me crying

Page
to page
each phrase
seems to linger without place
each hour I burn
now you’ve got to show some

Mercy mercy
Mercy mercy
you’ve got to show some
Mercy mercy
don’t leave me crying

BREAK

Tears
that run
like wine
never fell when you were mine
Tears
that’s all all
no time
please don’t leave me crying

Mercy mercy
don’t leave me crying
Mercy mercy
you’ve got to show some
Mercy mercy

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from Soul Parish Lost Tracks: Mercy EP, released February 28, 2020
Lyrics and Music, Nicholas Chase, all rights reserved.
Produced and performed by Nicholas Chase aka Soul Parish.
Nicholas Chase: Vocals, Keyboards, Synth Programming, Sequencing, Electric Cello, Mix.

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Nicholas Chase

Described as "refined, modern classical minimalism" (Vital Weekly, NL), Syrian-American composer Nicholas Chase’s music has been hailed as “liquid and sensual” (Kathodik, IT) & “expansive, exploratory & mischievous” (Eugene Weekly). He has been highlighted on Hearts of Space & Other Minds radios, KMHT TV, NY, Salve Television, DE & noted in Strad, Double Bassist, & American Record Guide magazines. ... more

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