Lord, give me wings so I can fly
Far from the predator beneath
I feel them creeping where I lie
I feel them closing in on me

Down where the southbound train goes low
Across the rolling river wild
I lost my lover long ago
He left me lonesome and with child

Nobody save a girl unmade
Nobody prays for me

He courted me so easy
Said he would leave her in the Spring
The night when he first lay with me
I felt that low down train sing

Nobody saves a girl unmade
Nobody prays for me
If I could fly to some far-off mountainside
I’d be a stranger
I’d be free

When I die I will surely see salvation
For the hell I’ve endured here on earth
Whatever grief a man may see
A woman surely suffers worse

Nobody saves a girl unmade
Nobody prays for me
If I could fly to some far-off mountainside
I’d be a stranger
I’d be free