[Verse 1]
She puts on her work clothes, fishnet pantyhose
She's got a nickname everybody knows at the gentlemen's club
She clocks in at midnight, even though it never feels right
Makes her money one dollar at a time
Without the makeup, nobody knows her name
And she wears the pain

[Chorus]
Black tears rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
She reveals and they all cheer
And then she cries black tears

[Verse 2]
Jealous of the innocent, sometimes she is convinced
The boss man is still a friend she needs
She's tried everything, cheap sex and cocaine
Anything to hide the pain for a little while
The wrong kind of famous in her mama's eyes
You can tell she knows it when she cries

[Chorus]
Black tears rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
White lines on the mirror
Just won't hide black tears
[Post-Chorus]
She tries and tries so hard to get away
But everybody is watching

[Outro]
Black tears rolling down
From the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
If all the pain would just disappear
She'd quit crying, yeah, she'd quit crying
Black tears