oh black bird wont 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 wont let me be she keeps a calling out my name im going send the evil woman straight to hell when i set this house up in flames when i set this house up in flames old black bird wont 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 dont come around no more oh black bird wont you sing my song while i wait on the killing floor rivers gonna rise even under moon light shake em up you cant hide from me im 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 lists fever pitch god could raise the dead lord he could raise the dead old black bird wont you sing my song while they take my soul away i hear the devil calling out hounds and st peter just seal my fate i once had a lover but i caught her with another now she dont come around no more oh black bird wont 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 old black bird wont 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 dont come around no more oh black bird wont you sing my song while i wait on the killing floor while i wait while i wait on the killing floor