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 usin' nothin'      Almost burned out my eyes, 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, man that's nothin'      As 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 for burdens double fold   They'd crush you down, down into nothin'      Bein' born is goin' 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'