Mother (Don't Cry)

I tell myself the mountain shines The clocks they turn back the dead You're outside, I'm inside all alone The faces obscured by though in doubt Mother, don't cry, don't cry Mother, don't cry, don't cry Smoke rings, sits on the porch They won't let me out Mother, don't cry, don't cry Woke in the night, sleeps in the daytime The months go by seven at nine You're outside, I'm inside all alone The faces obscured by though in doubt Mother, don't cry, don't cry Mother, don't cry, don't cry Smoke rings, sits on the porch They won't let me out Mother, don't cry, don't cry Untie you tongue when I'm caught While the party still goes on You'll be there and I'll be gone Don't you wait for me too long Don't you wait for me too long Mother, don't cry, don't cry Mother, don't cry, don't cry Smoke rings, sits on the porch They won't let me out Mother, don't cry, don't cry