Down Came A Blackbird

Down came a blackbird
Sat on a fence
Talkin' in riddles
Makin' no sense
'Cause she's gone
Your baby's gone

Down came a blackbird
Perched on a pole
Took out a mirror
And said "Son, behold"
'Cause she's gone
Your baby's gone

Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hangin' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door
Never gonna blow that away no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird
Laughin' at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ain't coming back and it ain't no joke
She's gone
Your baby's gone

Down came a blackbird
Sat by the fire
Said the future's coming at you like a freight train
And you're walking the wire
'Cause she's gone
Your baby's gone

Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hangin' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door
Never gonna blow that away no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird
Laughin' at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ain't coming back and it ain't no joke
She's gone
Your baby's gone

She said she doesn't want a man who hangs around the house
Who doesn't say a word unless he's shootin' off his mouth
There's got to be a better way to be a lovin' wife
If she stays here she'll end up his waitress for life

Down came a blackbird
Sat on a fence
Talkin' in riddles
Makin' absolutely perfect sense
'Cause she's gone
Your baby's gone

Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hangin' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door
Never gonna blow that away no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird
Laughin' at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ain't coming back and it ain't no joke
She's gone
Your baby's gone

Down came a blackbird