Nettie Bass

[Intro]
 
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[Verse]
 
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[Chorus]
 
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[Verse]
 
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[Chorus]
 
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[Bridge]
 
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[Verse 2]
 
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[Chorus]
 
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[Lyrics]
 
Nettie, no need to cry
 
Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes
 
[x2]
 
 
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
 
[x2]
 
 
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
 
[x2]
 
 
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
 
Far away, but of course near
 
When you're sad, I'm always here
 
 
Thank you for saving me from myself
 
Your compassion became its own hell
 
Unequivocably beautiful inside and out
 
Without a doubt
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Nettie, no need to cry
 
Let me wipe those tear drops from your eyes
 
[x2]
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