[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Blackbird, Blackbird, flyin late
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate
They barred the door and they shut the gate
They got no place for me
[Verse 2]
The bottle s empty and my head is sore
I don t know where I ve been before
Bar your gate and shut your door
The Blackbird s flying free
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Where have I been to? I don t know
Broken fiddle and crooked bow
Holes in my boots and I m walkin slow
As the last long shadows fall
[Verse 4]
The boat I sailed, laid down in the tide
The horse I stole, got lame and died
I don t need a friend and I don t want a bride
The Blackbird knows it all
[Instrumental]
[Verse 5]
What s this song the Blackbird hears?
I sowed my days and I reaped my years
A basket of sins and a bucket of tears
And I can t come in to stay
[Verse 6]
My life s a tale that I don t tell
I did my worst and I did it well
I never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell
And still I m on my way
[Instrumental]
[Verse 7]
Where am I goin to sleep tonight?
I can t turn left, and I won t turn right
Where the road goes on in the cold moonlight
And the lonely Blackbird cries
[Verse 8]
I m going to sleep in a lonely bed
With white and whiter linen spread
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
And pennies on my eyes
[Instrumental]
[Outro]
I m going to sleep in a lonely bed
With white and whiter linen spread
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
And pennies on my eyes