I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me Tonight that's where I'll be Ali dances and the audience applauds Though he's bathed in sweat

And now we never will, never will We wrote our names along the bathroom walls Graffitiing our hearts across the stalls I've been waiting for my whole life to grow old Time to kill Was always an illusion Time stood still I'm writing to ask you; did you

You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night All your life Take these broken wings and learn to fly Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see You

Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise. Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night. You were only waiting for this moment to arise Take these

And freedom tastes of reality An' I'm waiting for you to follow me How can we follow? If I told you what it takes To reach the highest high You'd laugh and say 'nothing's that simple' But you've been told many times before Messiahs pointed to the door

Just another heartache in waiting Just another sweet talking dream that ends in lonely nights Just another handsome breakup And he'll be gone before the morning light But he's my mistake to make, all night (night, night, night) But he's my mistake to

And you, why you wanna stay? Oh my God! Have you listened to me lately? There are some nights I hold on to every note I ever wrote Some nights, I say "fuck it all" and stare at the calendar Waiting for catastrophes, imagine when they scare me Into

You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night All your life Take these broken wings and learn to fly Blackbird fly, blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see You

On our quest for Tanelorn We lose our way He's waiting for me By the ruins he stands And he's waiting for me To enter Tanelorn His paths seems strange But they're always planned Seldom he succeeds

Calling, 'o sinner, come home Come home, come home Ye who are weary come home Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Calling for you and for me See, on the portals, He's waiting and watching Watching for you and for me