Black Crow

Black Crow by Joni Mitchell

There's a black crow flying
Dark and ragged
Tree to tree
He's black as the highway that's leading me
Now he's diving down
To pick up on something shiny
I feel like that black crow
Flying
In a blue sky
 
I took a ferry to the highway
The I drove to a pontoon plane
I took a plane to a taxi
And a taxi to a train
I've been travelling so long
How'm I ever going to know my home
When I see it again
I'm like a black crow flying
In a blue, blue sky
 
In search of love and music
My whole life has been
Illumination
Corruption
And diving, diving, diving, diving.
Diving down to pick up on every shiny thing
Just like that black crow flying
In a blue sky
 
I looked at the morning
After being up all night
I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light
I looked out the window
And saw that ragged soul take flight
I saw a back crow flying
In a blue sky
Oh I'm like a black crow flying
In a blue sky

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