Down Came a Blackbird

Down came a blackbird
 Set on a fence
 Talkin' in riddles
 Makin' no sense
 Cause she's gone
 You're baby's gone
 Down came a blackbird
 Perched on 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 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 ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke
 She's gone
 You're baby's gone
 Down came a blackbird
 Set by the fire
 Said "the future's comin' at you like a freight train
 And you're walkin' a wire"
 Cause she's gone
 You're baby's gone
 Gone like a dollar spent on a drink
 Head hangin' over the kitchen sink
 Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke
 She ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke
 She's gone
 You're baby's gone
 She says 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 her waitress for life
 Down came a blackbird
 Set on a fence
 Talkin' in riddles
 And makin' absolutely perfect sense
 Cause she's gone
 You're 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 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 ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke
 She's gone
 You're baby's gone
 Down came a blackbird
 Down came a blackbird