White bird with a black tail   Half dark, and a face so pale   Do you know what your future holds?   Over your side of the road      White bird with a black tail   You look like an open sail   Made me look up from your shoes   To show me what you stand to lose.      White bird, white bird   With your face so pale   White bird, white bird   Where'd you get that tail?   White bird, white bird   With a black tail      White feathers dipped in tar   Hard to tell how old you are   Wondering how much you know   About all of us below      Half of you is heavenly,   Showing off your purity.   The rest of you is from the street   Like to laugh where they both meet      White bird, white bird   With your face so pale   White bird, white bird   Where'd you get that tail?   White bird, white bird   With your face so pale   White bird, white bird   With a black tail.