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 using nothin'

Almost burned out my eyes and threw my ears down to the floor
I didn't see nothin', I didn't hear nothin'
Stood there like a block of stone knowing all I had to know
And nothing more, man, that's nothin'

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, the burdens double-fold
They crush you down, down into nothing

Being born is going blind and bowing down a thousand times
To echoes strung on pure temptation
Sorrow and solitude, these are the precious things
And the only words that are worth remembering