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