8.

Red Bird

Terry Allen

© Bukka Cain Music, ASCAP

Ho down down ho down dee red bird dancin' in custody
Goin' down to New Orleans red bird dancin' and a red bird sing
Red bird sing red bird do New Orleans and a red bird blue
I been born and I'm gonna die blood red wing you gonna make me fly
Goin' in the red bird den ain't gonna come out again
Ho down down ho down dee red bird dancin' in custody
[ instrumental ]
Ho down down ho down dee red bird dance in a penitentiary
A jailer stoned and he barred the door red bird gone he ain't fly no more
Black crow see black crow knew New Orleans is where the red bird flew
I been born and I'm gonna die blood red wing you gonna make me cry
Rusty wing a dead dark thing crows too loud now when the red bird sing
Ho down down ho down dee red bird dance in a penitentiary

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