Oh, don't you see the blackbird, he's high up in the trees
He's clinging on the branches and he's calling out to me
And can't you hear him calling to the others circling 'round
They're cutting through the steady wind and lighting on the ground
Raven's shadow
Hopeless sorrow
I wish it was a songbird with a voice so pure and bright
Dressed in a coat of gold and with fires in his eyes
And a light would shine around him, he'd stay out there all night
His song would fill the air you breathe in the morning when he'd fly
No more shadow
No more sorrow
What does it take for a change and there's nothing that I won't try
I'll call a thousand blackbirds to come raining from the sky
Three hundred for your trouble, three hundred one for mine
And for the pain that I caused you, three hundred ninety-nine
No more shadow
No more sorrow
No more shadow