smallstars remix motherfucker black cards in effigy we sing the song that was hated all dressed like vagabonds sharks smell the blood that i m bleedin i know there s somethin wrong might take a fire to kill it might take a hurricane don t know the life that i m livin ohh black tambourine ohh black tambourine my baby run to me she lives in broken down buildings can t pay the rent again these spider webs are my home now and when the sun is down we ll shake and rattle our bodies to keep it warm at night my tambourine is still shakin ohh black tambourine ohh black tambourine black cards in effigy we sing the song that was hated all dressed like vagabonds sharks smell the blood that i m bleedin i know there s somethin wrong might take a fire to kill it might take a hurricane don t know the life that i m livin  black tambourine ohh black tambourine