The Brass Ring

[Verse 1]

The saddest girl in the whole wide world

I met her on the Quarter

With no regards for vagrancy

No respect for civil order

"How young are you?" I asked her

"How old are you, young lady?"

"I'm much older than you think

'Cause I have seven babies"

[Verse 2]

"Where are those who keep these kids

While you're out on the party?"

"I leave them where they are safe

At the church of Twelfth and Harding

The people there they know me well

They ask me very few questions

And if a child should pass before they wake

They'll pray them into heaven"

[Chorus]

No love and no lover

A murder of crows did sing

We soon will discover

The coffin will wear our brass ring

[Verse 3]

"So where's the father of these kids?

Does he, does he help you ever?"

"I have no idea where he is

He don't show his face, he knows better"

"Can I help you go tonight?

It would be my pleasure

And make sure that you arrive all right

Now we could leave together"

[Verse 4]

She said, "No, I don't need your company

And I don't want your pity

You'd be wise just to go away

And leave me where I'm sitting"

"Is there nothing I can do for you?"

"Now it's time to scatter

Why do you think there's something wrong with me?

There's nothing really the matter"

[Chorus]

No love and no lover

A murder of crows did sing

We soon will discover

A coffin will wear our brass ring

[Verse 5]

"I find myself where life could go

I find myself each morning

All the duties of this world

Fell on my shoulders without warning

I make no plans, nor do I care

For the future called tomorrow

This world I've seen here's never fair

So just leave me here with my sorrow"

[Chorus]

No love and no lover

A murder of crows did sing

We soon will discover

The coffin will wear our brass ring

No love and no lover

A murder of crows did sing

We soon will discover

A coffin will wear our brass ring

[Outro]

Wear our brass ring