Hey mama when you leave Don't you 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 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 Knowin'all I had to know And nothin'more And man that's nothin' Brothers our troubles are Locked in each others arms And you better pray They never find you 'Cause your back ain't strong enough For the burdens double fold They'd crush you down Down into nothin' Bein'born is goin'blind And bowin'down a thousand times The echos strung one pure temptation Sorrow and solitude these are the precious things And the only words that are worth rememberin'