One Thousand Redwing Blackbirds


One thousand redwing blackbirds
Fell from the sky on new years day
Tiny Montgomery tries to get a cup of coffee
But he’s got no cash to pay
A guy holds a sign on a corner
“I’m stranded and I need a hand”
Some lady in a Cadillac Escalade
Flips him cause she doesn’t understand

Are we all alone
Are we headed home
Can we hear those angels sing again
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men”

A suicide bomber in Egypt
Kills 20 people in the church of saints
A clerk behind a counter
Deals with a customer who’s all complaints
Penelope bares it all
At the Pink Pony on south seven five
Men drop dollar bills in her soul
They never notice she’s not even alive

Are we all alone
Are we headed home
Can we hear those angels sing again
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men”

The video went viral
Some guy attacked another guy with a chair
Surrounded by a cloud of witnesses
Interceding with all of their prayers
On a down escalator
A father wraps his arm his son
A standoff at a trailer in Knoxville
Ends with both sides firing guns

Are we all alone
Are we headed home
Can we hear those angels sing again
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men”

I saw an old man weep
With a love he feels so deep
Like a baby falls asleep
It’s good to be alive

Are we all alone
Are we headed home
Can we hear those angels sing again
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men”