Robert Palmer

Songwriter: Don Covay

Producer: Steve Smith

Have mercy, have mercy baby
Please have mercy,have mercy on me
Oh have mercy, please have mercy baby
Have mercy mercy, have mercy on me

Went to see the gypsy, to have my fortune read
She said your baby's gonna leave you
She's got her bags stashed under the bed

Have mercy, have mercy baby
Please have mercy,have mercy on me

If you stay here baby, tell you what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna work to a job, seven days a week
Bring my money home to you

Have mercy mercy mercy , have mercy baby
Oh have mercy,have mercy on me

Hey baby, hey now
What you tyrin' to do
Hey baby, hey now
Please don't say we're through

Have mercy mercy, have mercy baby
Oh have mercy,have mercy on me

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter[1] and musician. He was known for his distinctive soulful voice, eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues and sartorial acumen. He found success both in his solo career and with the Power Station, and had Top 10 songs in both the UK and the US.

His iconic music videos directed by British fashion photographer Terence Donovan for the hits “Addicted to Love” and “Simply Irresistible” featured identically dressed dancing women with pale faces, dark eye makeup and bright red lipstick, which resembled the women in the art of Patrick Nagel, an artist popular in the 1980s. Palmer’s involvement in the music industry commenced in the 1960s, covered four decades and included a spell with Vinegar Joe.

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