Nothin` — текст песни (Townes Van Zandt)

by Townes Van Zandt

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`


As brothers our troubles are
locked in each others arms
and you better pray
they never find you


Your back ain`t strong enough
for burdens doublefold
they`d crush you down
down into nothin`


Being born is going blind
and buying 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`