"Dark Wings" lyrics

Black bird sitting my the highway side
Merle Haggard singing Mama Tried
Mama tried but her kids tried too
To grow up normal Ma in spite of you
Black bird sitting on the the TV set
We can see it 'cause our eyes are wet
Our eyes are wet our tiny hands are fists
It shouldn't be this painful to exist

I know there will always be
Dark wings inside of me
Yes, there will always be
Dark wing inside of me

Black bird sitting on a new gravestone
Gravestone made of
Memory and bone
You taught me things that no child should learn
Scars deeper than a cigarette burn

I know there will always be
Dark wings inside of me
Yes, there will always be
Dark wing inside of me

I don't believe if we try our best
We'll get through life with no sadness
Pain will find us and the best you can do
Is love the little child inside of you

Black bird staring out through my own eyes
Black moon and a black sunrise
Dark fantasies of murder and rage
My heart is just a locked bird cage

I know there will always be
Dark wings inside of me
Yes, there will always be
Dark wing inside of me