Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes



In the dark bathed in Cathode ray blue

Miss Red Hook of 1922

Weeping silently for the pain of others

Every night a tearful rosary

A victim of the curse of empathy

Her reward for compassion is to suffer



Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes



My shortcomings I know caused her grief

Still she loves me. This I can't believe!

Responding not with anger but a prayer

Heaven's just Southwest of Cobble Hill

True, I am the son of an Angel

Maternally, not one woman compares



Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes



If you fall, I will catch you

When you're lost, I'll be there soon

Far away, but of course near

When you're sad, I'm always here



Thank you for saving me from myself

Your compassion became it's own hell

Unequivocably beautiful inside and out

Without a doubt



Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes