"Black Tears" lyrics

She puts on her work clothes, fishnet panty hose
She's got a nickname that everyone knows at the Gentlemen's club
She clocks in at midnight
Even though it never feels right
Makes her money one dollar at a time
Without the make-up, nobody knows her name
She wears the pain

Black tears, rolling down from the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
She reveals
They all cheer
Then she cries black tears

Jealous of the innocent, sometimes she's convinced
The boss man is still a friend she needs
She's tried everything, cheap sex and cocaine
Anything to hide the pain for a little while
Wrong kind of famous in her momma's eyes
You can tell she knows it when she cries

Black tears, rolling down from the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
White lines on the mirrors
Just won't hide black tears

She tries and tries so hard to get away
But everybody's watching

Black tears, rolling down from the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town
If all the pain could just disappear she'd quit crying, she'd quit crying
Black tears