Mercy on the Line

Verse 1

I’ve been runnin’ hard on a broken road

Chasin’ ghosts I thought I owed

Whiskey nights and a heart of stone

Tryin’ to build a kingdom of my own

Boot heels worn from pride and sin

Every mile just boxed me in

Thought I was free with the pedal down

But a slave don’t know he’s chained till he hits the ground

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Pre-Chorus

I heard a whisper through the engine’s roar

“Son, you don’t have to fight no more…”

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Chorus

There’s mercy on the line,

Blood on the wood, and it paid my fine

Grace strong enough to break these chains

Washed me clean in a holy rain

I was lost in the night, couldn’t see no sign

But the cross cut through like a county line

Now I’m standin’ on truth I can’t outrun

Saved by grace, by the risen Son

Yeah, there’s mercy on the line.

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Verse 2

I tried religion like a Sunday suit

Pressed and clean but it ain’t no root

Sang them hymns with a rebel heart

Half in church, half torn apart

But the Word cut deep like a two-edged blade

Showed me debts that I never paid

Didn’t come to make bad men good

Came to raise the dead like only God could

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Bridge

Now I ain’t sayin’ I don’t still fight

Flesh still kicks in the dead of night

But greater is He who lives in me

Than the old man hangin’ on that tree

Sanctify me, Lord, step by step

Teach my hands what my heart forgets

I don’t walk alone down this dirt road

Spirit leads me home

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Final Chorus

There’s mercy on the line,

Nails in His hands and it covered mine

No more runnin’, no more shame

I’ve been bought and I bear His name

Storm may roll and the past may call

But the Rock don’t move and He won’t let me fall

From the grave to glory divine

There’s mercy on the line

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Outro

If you’re drivin’ fast down a dead-end road

Tryin’ to carry that heavy load

Lay it down at the rugged sign

There’s mercy…

On the line.