Song For Randy Newman

mister crow, in the row
looking this way and that
eating bugs, eating slugs
looking for a piece of trash

lovely wife, got a knife
at the discount store
in trouble, call it double
life is harder when you're poor

she came flying, mesmerizing
gonna bust her husband's chops
save a life, twist the knife
somebody call the cops

(chorus)
damn crows
damn crows
on cemetery row
lord knows
lord knows
which way the wind will blow

caw, caw
haw, haw
caw, caw into the night
ma, ma
ma, ma
there is no way to put it right

lucky seven, up in heaven
made a bet upon the floor
rolled the dice, did it twice
broke the bank but lost the war

the black crow, don't you know
is the opposite of light
row, row, row, down you go
into the deepest, darkest night

(chorus)
damn crows
damn crows
on cemetery row
lord knows
lord knows
which way the wind will blow

caw, caw
haw, haw
caw, caw into the night
ma, ma
ma, ma
there is no way to put it right

mister crow, say it ain't so
i heard some bad stuff in town
they say the weather is a feather
on a dead man's crown

never mind, never care
don't you worry your mind
life is short, then you die
look at the crows in the sky

(chorus)
damn crows
damn crows
on cemetery row
lord knows
lord knows
which way the wind will blow

caw, caw
haw, haw
caw, caw into the night
ma, ma
ma, ma
there is no way to put it right

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Image of a crow in the Rose City Cemetery by my darling wife...

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