[Verse 1: Melissa Etheridge]
Well, I have lived ten years plus ten
And ten and ten again
I have seen too much to pretend
Then you wanted to come in
I have survived all of the lies
They made me wise
The locks and walls and the peace it buys
Still when I look into your eyes
It's a surprise when you say

[Chorus: Bernie Barlow & Kipp Lennon, Melissa Etheridge]
It's gonna be alright
It's gonna be okay
Just hold on tight
Let it all go away
It's gonna be alright (Oh)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight (What do you want from me?)
Let it all go away

[Verse 2: Melissa Etheridge]
Well, I plead mercy, mercy, baby
I do not know what this all means
It's been awhile since I've been stylin'
In just my jacket and my jeans
It hurts to walk, it hurts to talk
It hurts to think about it
Shout about it
Could I be sure without a doubt
That you could never live without me?
[Chorus: Bernie Barlow & Kipp Lennon, Melissa Etheridge]
It's gonna be alright (Oh)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight (What do you want from me?)
Let it all go away
It's gonna be all right (Oh)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight (What do you want from me?)
Let it all go away

[Bridge: Melissa Etheridge]
I want to fall in you, crawl in you
Surrender all in you now
Could I be sure in you, pure in you
Finding the cure in you?
Now I plead, have mercy on me
Oh

[Verse 3: Melissa Etheridge]
Now I am kneeling at the alter
In the temple of your eyes
And I am asking for a miracle
I have been too long paralyzed
When you say, get up and stand up
And climb the rope of hope
And open up again
Oh, the peace you say is promised me
Seems too much to comprehend
[Chorus: Bernie Barlow & Kipp Lennon, Melissa Etheridge, Melissa Etheridge, Bernie Barlow & Kipp Lennon]
It's gonna be alright (Oh)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight (What can this girl believe?)
Let it all go away
It's gonna be alright (Oh)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy)
Just hold on tight (What do you want from me?)
Let it all go away (What do you)
It's gonna be alright (Want from me?)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight (Mercy, baby)
Let it all go away
It's gonna be alright (Mercy, mercy)
It's gonna be okay (Mercy, baby)
Just hold on tight
Let it all go away
It's gonna be alright (It's gonna be alright)
It's gonna be okay (It's gonna be okay)
Just hold on tight (Oh)
Let it all go away
Mercy, baby