White Bird

White bird with a black tail

Eyes Dark and face so pale

You know what your future holds

over your side of the road

White bird with a black tail

You look like an open sail

Made me look up from my shoes

To show me what you stand to lose

With your face so pale

Where'd you get that tail

With a black tail

White feathers dipped in tar

It's hard to tell how old you are

Wonderin' how much you know

About all of us below

Half of you is heavenly

Showin off your purity

The rest of you is from the stream

Like a land where they both meet

With your face so pale

Where'd you get that tail

With your face so pale

With a black tail