Black cards in effigy   We sing the song that was hated   All dressed like vagabonds   Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'      I know there's somethin' wrong   Might take a fire to kill it   Might take a hurricane   Don't know the life that I'm livin'      Ohh, black tambourine   Ohh, black tambourine      My baby run to me   She lives in broken down buildings   Can't pay the rent again   These spider webs are my home now      And when the sun is down   We'll shake and rattle our bodies   To keep it warm at night   My tambourine is still shakin'      Ohh, black tambourine   Ohh, black tambourine      Black cards in effigy   We sing the song that was hated   All dressed like vagabonds   Sharks smell the blood that I'm bleedin'      I know there's somethin' wrong   Might take a fire to kill it   Might take a hurricane   Don't know the life that I'm livin'      Black tambourine   Ohh, black tambourine