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Artist: Songs:Ohia
Canonical path: /songsohia/the-old-black-hen
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Old Black Hen
Read The Old Black Hen lyrics by Songs:Ohia on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Old Black Hen
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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
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Songs:Ohia performs "The Old Black Hen", and this lyric page sits inside the Songs:Ohia catalog on LyroVerse.
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