Bye bye blackbird Days are getting cold Snakes and lizards are sucking up the gold Chrome-plated plastic they give you in return To teach you a lesson you shouldn't have to learn Bye bye blackbird Bye bye blackbird I remember now who I was suppose to be Oh, but how do you get an octopus up a tree? Up a tree Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Bye bye blackbird Time to leave the nest The sun is overhead on it's way out west Follow that sun to a blood red sea And sleep in the arms of a coconut tree Bye bye blackbird Bye bye blackbird Bye bye blackbird Fly into the sun The money's all gone and your time is done Suddenly awake in the middle of the night Cover up my head with a blanket of light Bye bye blackbird Bye bye blackbird I got no time to drop L.S.D I guess I still got time for D.M.T D.M.T Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah