I met a blackbird flying south tonight, I looked into her eyes tonight   I saw her wings were getting tired, still looking for the light   There is evil on the way, it will come with break of day   I heard her say before she turned and flew away   But for a moment there alone I could find my way back home      How it hurts still there when she comes to show   She's always near down the black brick road      I watched her heading for the southern skies when she lost her wings and died   But then I saw her flying higher when I looked into her eyes   There is evil on the way, I heard the blackbird say   It will reach us by the coming of the day   But for a moment there alone I was heading back for home      How it hurts still there when she comes to show   She's always near down the black brick road