Cut your midnight black hair And roll you in the dirt Just slide the needle in Until it doesn’t hurt If death rides a white horse, then I ain’t seen him yet And I have seen some things that I can’t soon forget . When death comes creeping in Oh, he don’t speak a word The heavens they don’t part No trumpeter is heard When death comes creeping in . Not feeling any pain Just the rain upon my skin As I step down off the train Let the grinding wheel begin See the stars without number They shine without a name Only God knows where I’m going Only God can know my shame . Gonna cut your black hair Gonna roll you in the dirt Gonna slide the needle in until it doesn’t hurt Cut your midnight black hair . If death rides a white horse, then I ain’t seen him yet If death rides a white horse