Weary young man, rest your head   Who knows what tonight will bring?   Saddened mother, he is not dead   He just wants to spread his wings      I see her weeping now   Abruptly fallen by the bedside   And I see him crying out   Slowly dying on the inside      Don't cry tonight, my love   Don't cry tonight, my love      Transfixed upon the picture of his mother   He holds his hands inside his hand   Taken aback by the love of another   He lives by only her demands      Crying out so very softly   He screams only loud enough for her to hear   It should not be this way, nor darlin   For I have lost everything that I've held dear      Don't cry tonight, my love   Don't cry tonight, my love   All the voices inside   Are calling you, leading you to the unknown   Don't cry tonight      Voices in the shadows   Screams in the hollows   Preachers in the masses   Who will you follow?      Don't cry tonight, my love   You're alright      All the things that I have learned will stay with me forever   And as you pray for me, I feel it empower me   I'm running home today, my long-suffering mother   I know that you love me with this greater love      I'm feeling led tonight   My ever-loving mother   Know that I love you with this greater love