Oh, got my hands tied around my back And time put a rope around my head And hung from the rafters of my fear Dark in the eyes Tryna face the world, I can't bear to My knees hit the ground and my hands start shaking Old feelings from new faces A rope on the floor and a poor man hanging Please help me chop this tree down Hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don't you cry for me And nobody knows I've seen a notion run away I'm torn from the truth that holds my soul I'm down in the grave where I belong Oh, what a ride I dare to fight my devil Wings to the sky on the run from trouble With my own hands, no shovel I dug through the ground, now I'm hanging above saying Please help me chop this tree down Hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don't you cry for me Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved Down by the grave that the law man laid When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved When the sun went down (down by the grave that the law man laid) When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved It set the sky on fire (down by the grave that the law man laid) When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved I saw an angel fly (down by the grave that the law man laid) When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved I never felt so high (down by the grave that the law man laid) When the gravel got paved, finally I'm saved (oh!) Please help me chop this tree down Hold me from underneath Words never once cut me down Oh, don't you cry for me Oh, don't you cry for me Oh, don't you cry for me

I had my fair share of the good and the bad I had my fair share of the happy and sad Those broken pieces that I can't put back Make up who I really am So I live my whole life like there ain't no sequel I dance on fine lines between good and evil I play with fire to protect my people But look back and smile in the end When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me And when I'm not there, have a drink for two No need to think twice, I'll be there with you Here's to the good times and the tears we've shared Look back and smile in the end When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me Stare at the constellations, you'll see my face And if you pay attention, you'll hear me say Stare at the constellations, you'll see my face And if you pay attention, you'll hear me say When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, yeah-eah When it's my time to go Mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me, oh no 'Cause I know where I'm going So mama don't cry for me, don't cry for me

I guess I got a taste for poison I've given up on ever bein well I keep mindin the horizon Diggin for lies I have yet to tell And I wish you were here And softly say my name Calm down all the chemicals tearin through my brain I don't think I've missed you this much Since I was seventeen I'd call you in the morning, but I think this is a dream Cherokee Cherokee Well you'd call those doubts right out of me I see you shinin through the tree tops, But don't feel you pulling strings anymore I still use your old alarm clock Every mornin I get further off the course. And don't I hear you speakin in the noises in this house Airplanes flyin over, shakin all my secrets out Darlin tell me somethin that I don't already know I'm aware of where to find ya it hurts too bad to go To Cherokee Cherokee Well, you call those doubts right out of me It felt like the world was burnin You had stars in your eyes Shinin for a feelin that I can't afford to buy Everything you taught me still rattles in my head I'm stayin off of Main Street, You're talking to the dead In Cherokee Cherokee I wish you'd call these doubts right out of me

I've been living with a curse Combing through the pages of my youth There's a million soggy miles Soaking through the soles of my shoes And I've been staying up all night I don't give a damn to sleep anymore My eyelids are heavy But my dreams don't sing like before And I apologize a thousand times for holding up the show I always had the words, but they don't quite know where to go You said give me one good reason, now give me 20 more Oh, don't give yourself away to settle someone else's score I got the guiltiest conscience Listening for a savior on a Saturday night I got my ear to the ground You got Easter Sunday in your eyes And I apologize if I seem a little overwhelmed I'm thirsty, but the holy keep on pissing in my well I had a purpose and a song that was true But I ain't ever had a lick of sense when it comes to you So try to be patient, try to understand I'm a child, trying to do the work of a man My pockets are empty, I don't own a thing But I'd take a diamond from the sky And put it in your ring

I swore the days were over Of courtin empty dreams I worshipped at the altar of losing everything And the guard I held together Was losing all its shape And in my head you looked so gorgeous It's keeping me awake There's a scar on my soul So let me down easy Break my heart sweetly Like you always do I guess I can't let go Til you wreck me completely Break my heart sweetly Drape me in blue I was never scared of nothin Thought I had a home Life went and broke me open So I carried it alone I'm findin all this well-worn sadness I never knew I kept And I still chase you into heartache Every time you take a step. There's a scar on my soul So let me down easy Break my heart sweetly Like you always do I guess I can't let go Til you wreck me completely Break my heart sweetly Drape me in blue I swore the days were over Of courtin empty dreams I worshipped at the altar Of losing everything But you had a halo made of diamonds Resting on your head I should be dealing with my demons But I'm dodgin' them instead. There's a scar on my soul So let me down easy Break my heart sweetly Like you always do I guess I can't let go Til you wreck me completely Break my heart sweetly Drape me in blue

Star crossed eyes and cross eyed stars No use hiding age old scars Well you're not here and I can't be still I don't think that I'll sleep until I see you The strongest will the softest touch I never knew I'd have so much You call me out and reign me in Riding through the rain again tonight Hold my hand and ease my aches Wake me up when my fever breaks I'm laying down my soul The answers that I can't know And the pain I never thought I would let go of These days we got held to pay And we got ridged rolls to play And driving around this neighbourhood Just ain't doing me no good this time But darling when you reach for me It feels just like infinity Honey help me break this curse Howling at the universe again Hold my hand and ease my aches Wake me up when my fever breaks I'm laying down my soul The answers that I can't know And the pain i never thought i would let go of