(mark spiro/micheal smotherman)      Down came a blackbird   Set on a fence   Talkin' in riddles   Makin' no sense   Cause she's gone   You're baby's gone   Down came a blackbird   Perched on pole   Took out a mirror   And said, "son, behold"   Cause she's gone   Your baby's gone      Gone like a dollar spent on a drink   Head hangin' over the kitchen sink   Gone like the wind through a cabin door   Never gonna blow that way no more   Gone like the song of a mockingbird   Laughing at every little thing he heard   Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke   She ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke   She's gone   You're baby's gone      Down came a blackbird   Set by the fire   Said "the future's comin' at you like a freight train   And you're walkin' a wire"   Cause she's gone   You're baby's gone      Gone like a dollar spent on a drink   Head hangin' over the kitchen sink   Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke   She ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke   She's gone   You're baby's gone      She says she doesn't want a man who hangs around the house   Who doesn't say a word unless he's shootin' off his mouth   There's got to be a better way to be a lovin' wife   If she stays here she'll end up her waitress for life      Down came a blackbird   Set on a fence   Talkin' in riddles   And makin' absolutely perfect sense   Cause she's gone   You're baby's gone      Gone like a dollar spent on a drink   Head hangin' over the kitchen sink   Gone like the wind through a cabin door   Never gonna blow that way no more   Gone like the song of a mockingbird   Laughing at every little thing he heard   Gone like a dream in a puff of smoke   She ain't comin' back and it ain't no joke   She's gone   You're baby's gone      Down came a blackbird   Down came a blackbird