[Verse 1]
Don't cry, my love, don't cry no more
A crashing sky, a roaring scream
A city drowned in God's black tears
I cannot bear to see you

[Verse 2]
She lay under the midnight moon
Her restless body stirring
Until the magic morning hour
Like poison, it succumbs her

[Verse 3]
Her baby skin, her old black dress
Her hair, it twists 'round her necklace
Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines
'Til sleep, she overtakes her

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Her room is painted heron blue
Lit by candlelight and chandelier
And from her headboard perched so high
A million dreams have passed her
[Verse 5]
Don't cry, my love, don't cry no more
It overwhelms my breaking heart
A minor swell of violins
I cannot bear to hear them

[Verse 6]
A mother shepherds her young birds
She fills their mouths and warms their souls
'Til they are strong and good to fly
Away from her, alone she'll die

[Verse 7]
Cradled on quiet old oak limb
As Heaven blew her light, fair wind
A breath of soot into her lung
A life, a journey's end in one

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 8]
Don't sing that old sad hymn no more
It resonates inside my soul
It haunts me in my waking dreams
I cannot bear to hear it
[Verse 9]
Don't play those violins no more
Their melancholic overtones
They echo off the floor and walls
I cannot bear to hear them