Dyin' mama, barely breathin' in a bed of nails   To wander through the ruin smokin' and pale   Came upon an angel and a nightingale   Back where the darkness comes      Between the earth and skies above   Dead weight on my body's bones   I think I dug too deep a hole   Think I dug too deep a hole      Better run for cover babe, you better hide   Don't do no good to wait 'til time decides   Time decides, time, time      I need a little more time   Riding on my nightingale   So many years to, to ride   Hiding on my nightingale around my heart      Climbing down the stairs at last   I wouldn't touch me right   You're too proud and I'm too scared   And I'm neither here nor there      It's only fear, we'll open up the doors   And let me breathe that air      Better run for cover babe, you better hide   Just don't do to wait 'til time decides   Time decides, time, time   I need a little more time      Mama, I'm gonna cry now, cry   I'm gonna cry now, oh, you're makin' me cry   Now cry, I'm gonna cry now, oh, no, no   No, no, no, I'm gonna cry, cry, I'm gonna die cryin'      Better run for cover babe, you'd better hide   Just don't to wait 'til time decides   Tied around my nightingale   So many years to, to hide      Fly my nightingale around my heart   Who's riding on my nightingale?   Who's riding on my nightingale?   Who's riding on my nightingale?      Who's riding on my nightingale?   Who's riding on my nightingale?   Who's riding on my nightingale?   Who's riding on my nightingale?