Dsus2 A G Don't cry my love don't cry no more Dsus2 A C G A crashing sky a roaring scream Dsus2 A C G A city drowned in Gods black tears Dsus2 A C G I cannot bear to see you Dsus2 A C G She lay under the midnight moon Dsus2 A C G Her restless body stirring Dsus2 A C G Until the magic morning hour Dsus2 A C G Like poison it succumbs her Dsus2 A C G Her baby skin her old black dress Dsus2 A C G Her hair it twists round her necklace Dsus2 A C G Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines Dsus2 A C G Til sleep she overtakes her Dsus2 A C G Her room is painted Heron Blue Dsus2 A C G Lit by candlelight and chandelier Dsus2 A C G And from her headboard perched so high Dsus2 A C G A million dreams have passed her Dsus2 A C G Don't cry my love don't cry no more Dsus2 A C G It overwhelms my breaking heart Dsus2 A C G A minor swell of violins Dsus2 A C G I cannot bear to hear them Dsus2 A C G A mother shepherds her young birds Dsus2 A C G she fills their mouths and warms their souls Dsus2 A C G Til they are strong and good to fly Dsus2 A C G Away from her alone she'll die Dsus2 A C G Cradle on quiet old oak limbs Dsus2 A C G As heaven blew her light fair wind Dsus2 A C G A breath of soot into her lung Dsus2 A C G A life, a journeys end in one Dsus2 A C G Don't sing that old sad hymn no more Dsus2 A C G It resonates inside my soul Dsus2 A C G It haunts me in my waking dream Dsus2 A C G I cannot bear to hear it Dsus2 A C G Don't play those violins no more Dsus2 A C G Their melancholic overtones Dsus2 A C G They echo off the floor and walls Dsus2 A C G I cannot bear to hear them