My Opera Songtext
von Joe Bataan

I don′t need an umbrella
To cover my head when it rains
I don't need a sheet
To cover my bed when I fall asleep
You see, I′m a guy that's not alive inside
I've died twenty times since I was five
Ever since I killed my baby sister Jane
I′ve been in a mental hospital for the insane

When it′s my time to die
I know no one's gonna cry
When they bury me six feet below
That′s when folks will never know
That my sister Jane fell
And I promised my mother never to tell
We had no father to watch over family of nine
We knew that folks would separate us
'Cause our mama was a-blind
Us kids knew we could never replace mommy′s face


Life to me is a mystery
Full of fear and curiosity
It's a clock that doesn′t tick
It's a world without a music
It's a nightmare which has no end
It′s car fare to the devil′s den
And if I had to do it all over again
I wouldn't hesitate, no no, no no no
No no, no no

Here comes the doctor
To remind me it′s visiting day
Must convince him that I'm crazy
So my folks will stay away
Oh Lord, teach me how to cry before I die
Oh Lord, teach me how to cry before I die

Oh Lord, teach me how to cry before before I die, yeah
Gotta know, gotta know how it feels, yeah
When you′ve been feeling this way, deep inside, yeah

Don't need no umbrella, yeah
Don′t need no umbrella when it rains, yeah
Don't need a sheet to cover my bed
When I fall asleep, yeah
Hey hey hey