The Old Black Hen

[Verse 1]

Old Black Hen, is that you again?

Singing the Bad Luck Lullaby

Come right on in, 'cause it's midnight again

Time for the Bad Luck Lullaby

You know the one, it's the same one you sung

When you worked on the Revelation

[Verse 2]

Now sing it over the cradle of the child who's born next

Bad Luck Lullaby

Leave all the truth in so they know what comes next

With the Bad Luck Lullaby

Leave in the true love they'll never find

Show how they're looking for it all of their lives

[Verse 3]

When I saw the bannеr hanging over my door

And heard the Bad Luck Lullaby

I alrеady knew who the party was for

Bad Luck Lullaby

All of my pain found a partner in that room

And the devil's tail swayed with the tune

[Verse 4]

Make that Black Record, roll the tapes all night long

Bad Luck Lullaby

Make that Black Record and we'll all sing along

With the Bad Luck Lullaby

Look down the long street and see who's that crying

Tell them that every day I lived

I was trying to sing the blues the way I find them