rotting away by this water hole left me no face just an empty soul i ain t got no one nowhere to go ain t nobody s fault except my own here i lay all broke and torn but i m gonna keep on a holding on been wanting to die but too weak to go oh please help me stranger i d die here alone oh lay me down lightly cause my eyes i can t see yeah oh just help me oh just help me see oh baby you gotta help me baby help me please oh lay me down lightly cause my eyes i can t see putting down people by the score now i ve been put down six feet or more i can still feel my face when they knocked in the nails you know i could hear my woman a wail