Hey

ma-

ma,

when

you

leave

Don't

leave

a

thing

be-

hind

I

don't

want

not-

hin'

I can't

use

no-

thin'

Take

care

in-

to

the

hall

And

if

you

see

my

friends

Tell

them

I'm

fine

Not

u-

sing

no-

thin'

Al-

most

burned

out

my

eyes

Threw

my

ears

down

to

the

floor

I

didn't

see

no-

thin'

I

didn't

hear

no-

thin'

I stood

there

like

a

block

of

stone

Kno-

win'

all

I

had

to

know

And

no-

thin'

more

Man,

that's

no-

thin'

As

brot-

hers

our

troub-

les

are

Locked

in

each

o-

thers

arms

And

you

bet-

ter

pray

They

ne-

ver

find

you

Your

back

ain't

strong

e-

nough

For

bur-

dens

doub-

le-

fold

They'd

crush

you

down

Down

in-

to

no-

thin'

Be-

ing

born

is

go-

ing

blind

And

buying

down

a

thou-

sand

times

To

ec-

hoes

strung

On

pure

temp-

ta-

tion

Sor-

row

and

so-

li-

tude

These

are

the

pre-

cious

things

And the

on-

ly

words

That

are

worth

re-

mem-

berin'