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 them I?m fine   Not using nothin?      Almost burned out my eyes   Threw my ears down to the floor   I didn?t see nothin?   I didn?t hear nothin?      I stood there like a block of stone   Knowin? all I had to know   And nothin? more   Man, that?s nothin?      Being born is going 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 are worth rememberin?      And, mama, when you leave   Don?t leave a thing behind   I don?t want nothin?   I can?t, I can?t use nothin?      I can?t use nothin?