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
Laughin' 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
Laughin' 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