The Crying Tree of Mercury

The Crying Tree of Mercury is a song from The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, Machina/The Machines of God. An early version of the song called "The Mercury Tree" appeared in early "premaster" releases of Adore, though they had identical lyrical content.

One early release of the album often referred to as the "premaster" has an extended version of "The Sacred and Profane" with two bars of electronic drum beat at the beginning of the song, electric guitar instead of acoustic in "Age of Innocence", "The Crying Tree of Mercury" titled "The Mercury Tree", and a different, more lo-fi mix overall.