Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyesIn the dark bathed in cathode ray blue
Miss Red Hook of 1922
Weeping silently for the pain of othersEvery night a tearful rosary
A victim of the curse of empathy
Her reward for compassion is to sufferNettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyesMy shortcomings, I know caused her grief
Still she loves me, this I can't believe
Responding not with anger but a prayerHeaven's just southwest of Cobble Hill
True, I am the son of an angel
Maternally, not one woman comparesNettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyesIf 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 hereThank you for saving me from my self
Your compassion became its own hell
Unequally beautiful inside and out without a doubtNettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes
Nettie, no need to cry
Let me wipe those teardrops from your eyes
Nettie