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Black Crow Lyrics
There's a crow flying
Black 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
Then I drove to a pontoon plane
I took a plane to a taxi
And a taxi to a train
I've been traveling 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 I 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
Black 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
Then I drove to a pontoon plane
I took a plane to a taxi
And a taxi to a train
I've been traveling 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
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
After being up all night
I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light
I looked out the window
And I 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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Magic song... It's dark-mooded, it's all about loss and drift, and it's so healing and uplifting... Once again, it shows Joni's craft at writing lyrics that sound directly connected to her heart and soul. Each word is at the right place, providing incredible emotional and musical power : "In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving, diving, diving, diving" Joni's rhythm guitar part is absolutely stunning, perfectly complemented by Jaco Pastorius's bass mastery, and Larry Carlton's "guitar-painting" in the background (marvelous evocation of the "black crow flying"...)
@The Dog That Ate... Right on
@The Dog That Ate... Right on
LOVE.
The drone of the beat and the sharp imagery of the black crow and the blue sky... wow. Wow.
The imagery in this song is hypnotic.
let it out!
I think of it as spiritual self analysis The music is incredible