Oh black bird won't you sing my song Black bird sing a song
for me My soul can sway,
my body hangs Underneath her sycamore tree Oh her ghost won't let me
be She keeps a calling out my name I'm going send the evil woman
straight to hell When I set this house up in flames When I set this
house up in flames [Chorus] Old black bird won't you sing my song
While they take my soul away I hear the devil calling out howling St.
Peter just sealed my fate I once had a lover but I caught her with
another Now she don't come around no more Oh black bird won't you
sing my song While I wait on the killing floor [Verse 2] River's
gonna rise even under moon light Shake 'em up you can't hide from me
I'm gonna make you live a life on the run For taking away Emily Go on
dig a hole six feet down And add my bones with the rest As God as
mine when this list's fever pitch God could raise the dead Lord he
could raise the dead [Chorus] Old black bird won't you sing my song
While they take my soul away I hear the devil calling out howling St.
Peter just sealed my fate I once had a lover but I caught her with
another Now she don't come around no more Oh black bird won't you
sing my song While I wait on the killing floor Oh send her to hell!
Gonna take me swimming in my heavy boots So I can breathe
her pretty dark blue Just let me sink in my Mississippi So I can
forget about you So I can forget about you [Chorus] Old black bird
won't you sing my song While they take my
soul away I hear the devil calling out howling St.
Peter just sealed my fate I once had a lover but I caught her with
another Now she don't come around no more Oh black bird won't you
sing my song While I wait on the killing floor
While I wait, while I wait, on the killing floor