Nettie

Nettie, no need to cry Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes 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 Invocus virium Solo crux matris sin Novo vis for tuit Rum repus omni dei If you fall, I will catch you When you're lost, I'll be there soon (If I fall) far away But of course near (here I am) When you're sad (memories on going) I'm always here (only us will remain) Thank you for saving me from myself Your compassion became its own hell Unequivocably beautiful inside and out Without a doubt Nettie, no need to cry Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes Nettie, no need to cry Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes Nettie