Bye, bye, blackbird No one here can love or understand me Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me Where somebody waits for me Sugar's sweet, so is she Make my bed and light the light, I'll arrive late tonight Blackbird, bye, bye Pack up all my cares

And never do what I used to And tell myself to think forward I will show I believe And I hold you up and know that you're all I see in the light I believe, I believe You can keep me a drip of the light that you see (Only if I could see) You would be

Black ghost, black ghost Black ghost is all po' Lightnin' can see And the black ghost is a shadow too Please stay away from my door Will you please stay away from my door Yeah, you know you worry po' Lightnin' so now I just can't sleep no more Yeah, you

I'm a legend tonight, legend Gonna make you feel right, legend When you reach for the light, legend I'm a legend tonight I've been working at my job, slaving like a dog all day And I've been thinking about you, girl And watching the minutes slip away

You will be my vixen My bed'll be your stage You will get the spotlight all night Each and every time we play As we improvise Delivering a captivating performance every time To please and entertain Until the curtains close Til the curtains close

Narrow daylight entered my room Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe? Is the kindness we count upon I walked through halls of reputation Among the infamous too As the camera clings to the common thread

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free 'Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me I can't light no more of your darkness All my

Two lovers alone and out of sight Seeing images in the firelight As my eyes visualize a family They see Emily, Emily Emily, Emily, Emily Has the murmuring sound of may All silver bells, coral shells, carousels And the laughter of children at play Say

My feet been draggin' 'cross the ground When the lights on all the Christmas trees went out But I been burnin' my bell, book and candle And the restoration plays have all gone 'round Sometimes I wanna wrap my coat around you Sometimes I wanna but I can't

Binding spirits Trapped in time space Fire in the eye Realm of mystic majesty It's gone away, it's gone away, it's gone for good Animal spirits come calling me home Through the tunnels of brilliant light The magnet of wisdom is pulling