The Old Black Hen Lyrics - Magnolia Electric Co - Songs:ohia

Old Black Hen is that you again 

singing the Bad Luck Lullaby 

Come right on in, it's midnight again 

Time for the Bad Luck Lullaby 

You know the one it's the same one you sung 

when you wrote down the Revelations 

Now sing it over the cradle of the child who's born next 

Leave all the truth in so they know what comes next 

leave in the true love that they'll never find 

Show how we're looking for it all of our lives 

When I saw the Banner hanging over my door 

I already knew who the party was for 

All of my pain found a partner in that room 

and the devil's tail swayed with the tune 

Make that Black Record 

Roll the tapes all night long 

Make that Black Record 

And we'll all sing along 

Look down the long street 

and see who's that crying 

Tell them that every day I lived 

I was trying to sing the Blues 

the way I find them