Down came a blackbird
Set on a fence
Talkinand' in riddles
Makinand' no sense
and'cause sheand's gone
Youand're babyand's gone
Down came a blackbird
Perched on pole
Took out a mirror
And said son behold
and'cause sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hanginand' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door
Never gonna blow that way no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird
Laughing at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ainand't cominand' back and it ainand't no joke
Sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
Down came a blackbird
Set by the fire
Said the futureand's cominand' at you like a freight train
And youand're walkinand' the wire
Cause sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hanginand' over the kitchen sink
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ainand't cominand' back and it ainand't no joke
Sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
She says she doesnand't want a man who hangs around the house
Who doesnand't say a word unless heand's shootinand' off his mouth
Thereand's got to be a better way to be a lovinand' wife
If she stays here sheand'll end up his waitress for life
Down came a blackbird
Set on a fence
Talkinand' in riddles
And makinand' absolutely perfect sense
Cause sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
Head hanginand' over the kitchen sink
Gone like the wind through a cabin door
Never gonna blow that way no more
Gone like the song of a mockingbird
Laughing at every little thing he heard
Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
She ainand't cominand' back and it ainand't no joke
Sheand's gone
Your babyand's gone
Down came a blackbird
Down came a blackbird