In the delta sun, down in Arkansas   It’s the great god bird with its altar call   And the sewing machine, the industrial god   On the great bayou were they saw it fall   It’s the great god bird down in Arkansas   And the hunters beware, or the fishers fall   And paradise might close from its safe flight flawed   It’s the great god bird through it all      And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall   And paradise might laugh when at last it falls   And the sewing machine, the industrial god   It’s the great god bird with it’s altar call   Yes, it’s the great god bird with its altar call   Yes, it’s the great god bird through it all