[Verse 1]
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 hounds
And St. Peter just seal 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!

[Bridge]
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