This song came to me as one good friend was losing her brother to AIDS and another was having her first child.

This is the one song of mine that exists in the most versions, with takes on my solo album The Salt Of Your Skin(2002), the Kelly Kessler and the Wichita Shut-Ins Life of Regret EP(2002), as well on the comps Edges of The Postcard3(Hayden's Ferry) and Big Fish(Sweet Pickle).

Even a newborn knows
Even a newborn knows
Even a newborn knows about the
Well of tears

He said don't cry, don't cry 'bout where I'm bound
All my friends are gone and it's my turn now
This is no show of being brave
There are some things that tears can't change

She said don't wait for me I might be gone a while
Take care of your brother and smarten up child
With the back of her hand she said now cut that out
Before I give you something to cry about