The Crow On The Cradle
Jackson Browne
[Intro] [Verse 1] The sheep’s in the meadow the cow’s in the corn now is the time for a child to be born he’ll laugh at the moon and cry for the sun and if it’s a boy he’ll carry a gun sang the crow on the cradle [Verse 2] and if it should be that this baby’s a girl never you mind if her hair doesn’t curl with rings on her fingers and bells on her toes and a bomber above her wherever she goes sang the crow on the cradle [Verse 3] the crow on the cradle the black and the white somebody’s baby is born for a fight the crow on the cradle the white and the black somebody’s baby is not coming back sang the crow on the cradle [Instrumental] [Verse 4] your mother and father will sweat and they’ll slave to build you a coffin and dig you a grave hush-a-bye little one never you weep for we’ve got a toy that can put you to sleep sang the crow on the cradle [Verse 5] bring me my gun and I’ll shoot that bird dead that’s what your mother and father once said the crow on the cradle what can we do Ah this is a thing that I’ll leave up to you sang the crow on the cradle this is a thing that I’ll leave up to you sang the crow on the cradle