Nettie

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 of compassion is to suffer

Nettie, no need to cry

Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes

My short coming I know I caused her greif

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

Responding not with anger but a prayer

Heaven's just Southwest of Cobbil 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 am always here

Thank you from saving me from myself

Your compassion becane 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