♪ ♪ She puts on her work clothes, fishnet pantyhose. ♪ She's got a nickname everybody knows at the Gentleman's Club. ♪ She clocks in at midnight, even though it never feels right. ♪ Makes her money one dollar at a time. ♪ Without the makeup, nobody knows her name. ♪ And she wears a pain. ♪ Black tears rolling down ♪ from the eyes of an angel in a sinner's town. ♪ She reveals, and they all cheer. ♪ And 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 *** and cocaine. ♪ Anything to hide the pain for a little while. ♪ The wrong kind of famous in her mama'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 mirror 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 would just disappear, ♪ she'd quit crying. ♪ She'd quit crying ♪ black tears. ♪ ♪