Nothin'

Hey, Mama, when you leave

Don't leave a thing behind

I don't want nothin'

I can't use nothin'

Take care into the hall

And if you see my friends

Tell 'em I'm fine

Not usin' nothin'

Almost burned out my eyes

Threw my ears down to the floor

I didn't see nothin'

I didn't hear nothin'

Stood there like a block of stone

Knowin' all I had to know

And nothin' more

But, man, that's nothin'

As brothers our troubles are

Locked in each others arms

And you better pray

That they never find you

'Cause your back ain't strong enough

For burdens doublefold

They'd crush you down

Down into nothin'

Bein' born is goin' blind

And bowin' down a thousand times

To echoes strung

On pure temptation

Sorrow and solitude

These are the precious things

And the only words

That're worth rememberin'