[Verse]

Right before the harvest a blackbird sings

Look at them fools down, they ain't got no wings

Storm is a-coming, rain's about to fall

Ain't no shelter 'round here for these children at all



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Scarecrow singing a song by Kevin Welch

Thunder is rumbling as if the devil himself did belch

Now the dirt is splattering, turning into mud

Erasing all traces of broken bones and blood



[Chorus]

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away



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Rooster's in the cornstalks pecking at grains

A peddler walks by, he says, “Why am I cursed like Cain?

I'm all lust and furies, doomed to sell my wares

I think I'd been better off not sayin' prayers



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Old harlequins and pilgrims always will believe

Was their savior on a cross that died between two thieves

Ask them and they'll tell you the son was sacrificed

To undo the sin of Eve that cost us paradise



[Chorus]

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away



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A dying crap shooter with whiskey on his breath

Is bettin' inside numbers, shootin' dice with death

He says, “All I ever roll is deuces, treys, and twelves”

Blackbird says, "The gods can't save us from ourselves"



[Chorus]

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away

All loose things end up bein' washed away