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On a cool September mornin', in the fall of 2'03,
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A crier from Jerusalem brought the news to me.
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His words were sharp and dreaded, and they made a lonesome sound,
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And they snapped my heart in two, like a stick stepped on the ground.
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And I cried and cried and cried, at the cutting of the pain,
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And quietly said goodbye, so long in Jesus' name.

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Dark bird, watch you fly,
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Dark bird, to another sky.
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And I'll bet you were a sight, when you hit that cloud of love,
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And flew out the other side, in the form of a dove.
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Dark bird, dark bird.

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Six feet one and a box of steel, in a pretty coat of black,
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Well I watched the world, watch themselves, watch your final act.
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And I couldn't help but notice, when they laid you in the earth,
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A train went by, headed north, for whatever it is worth.
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Your voice echoes in the wind, it rumbles through the trees,
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But after you've been everywhere, I guess it's time to leave.

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Dark bird, watch you fly,
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Dark bird, to another sky.
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And I'll bet you were a sight, when you hit that cloud of love,
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And flew out the other side, in the form of a dove.
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Dark bird, dark bird.
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Dark bird.