Nothin'
Rober Plant and Alison Krauss Lyrics

Hey mama, when you leave
Addressing mother, when you leave this place

Don't leave a thing behind
Don't leave any material possession behind

I don't want nothin'
I don't want anything

I can't use nothin'
I can't find any use for anything

Take care into the hall
Be cautious while walking in the hallway

And if you see my friends
In case you come across my friends

Tell them I'm fine
Inform them that I'm doing well

Not using nothin'
I'm not using anything

Almost burned out my eyes
I almost blinded myself

Threw my ears down to the floor
I felt the urge to discard everything I hear

I didn't see nothin'
I couldn't see anything

I didn't hear nothin'
I didn't hear anything

I stood there like a block of stone
I remained motionless, like an inanimate object

Knowin' all I had to know
Being aware of everything necessary

And nothin' more
And nothing beyond that

Man, that's nothin'
That amounts to nothing

As brothers our troubles are
Our shared problems as brothers

Locked in each others arms
Hugged by one's sibling

And you better pray
And it's advisable to pray

They never find you
They never discover you

Your back ain't strong enough
You're not strong enough to handle them alone

For burdens doublefold
For twice as many burdens

They'd crush you down
They would overpower you

Down into nothin'
Into absolute nothingness

Being born is going blind
Being born is akin to losing sight

And buying down a thousand times
In trying to acquire things we undergo suffering countless times

To echoes strung
To the resonating sounds

On pure temptation
Deriving from pure temptation

Sorrow and solitude
Feeling sad and being alone

These are the precious things
These are the valuable experiences

And the only words
And the only things to be said

That are worth rememberin'
Worthy of being remembered for a long time