Dyin' mama barely breathin' in a bed of nailsnTo wander through the ruin smokin' and palenCame upon an angel and a nightingalenBack where the darkness comesnBetween the earth and skies abovenDead weight on my body's bonesnI think I dug too deep a holenThink I dug too deepnA holennBetter run for cover babe you better hidenDon't do no good to wait til time decidesnTime decidesnTime nTimenI need a little more timenRiding on my nightingalenSo many years to, to ridenHiding on my nightingale, around my heartnnClimbing down the stairs at last nI wouldn't touch me rightnYou're too proud and I'm too scarednAnd I'm neither here nor therenIt's only fearnWell open up the doors nAnd let me breathe that airnnBetter run for cover babe you better hidenJust don't do to wait til time decidesnTime decidesnTime nTimenI need a little more timennMama I'm gonna cry nownCry, I'm gonna cry nownOh you're makin' me cry nownCry, I'm gonna cry nownOh, no, no, no, no, nonI'm gonna crynCrynI'm gonna die cryin'nnBetter run for cover babe you'd better hidenJust don't to wait til time decidesnTied around my nightingalenSo many years to, to hidenFly my nightingalenAround my heartnWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingalenWho's riding on my nightingale