Bring me to the things you know
Through a landscape of cut flowers
Be my eyes and be my road
Give me all your earthly poison

For I am but a poor blind boy
And my heart is full of poison
I can never see the light
The flowers that to you look so bright

The flowers that to you look so bright
They are to me just black on black
But I can hear the sweet bird sing
And the bee on the wing

They love me, yes they love me
And to me she is so kind
Oh they love me and she loves me
Only because I'm blind

In a world of light my heart is dark
And all I see is black on black

I am but a poor blind boy
If we talk, call me Snake
Treat me kindly though I am
Sticky as electric tape
They love me, yes they love me
And to me she is so kind
They love me and she loves me
Only because I'm blind

I am but a poor blind boy
And my heart is full of poison
I can never see the light
For I am but a poor blind boy