Rachel Brooke - The Black Bird lyrics

There's a big black bird, high up in the pines She's been watching me every night. Been watching every time She's seen my creeping, my secret keeping While you've been sound asleep And she's the only one that knows what I've been doing Or I'd be six feet deep I walk on down to the river, I wait upon the bank I fancy nothing but my secret loving, and how your heart would break But then he pulls me near, I know just why I'm here Forbidden love is but a dream But in the dark I see, I see big eyes of green She just won't let me be! Everywhere I go, I see her following me Raps at my window, waits at the gate I see her in my dreams Just the other night, while my mainline was out Me and my lover, for just one hour, we made the lights go out I know I've been so wrong, but wrong it feels so right And like a drunk I'll drink my fill Give me that reckless love, our old-time careless love A lying heart is such a thrill I hear the sound of wings! Her darkness falls upon me Into her depths I'll sink To guilt and misery And like a bird I'll sing