RAVEN FLIES Tattoo on a pearl grey sky Raven flies, I hear his cry Tidings of a sad goodbye What becomes of an angry man With a gun clenched in his hand A made up mind can’t understand Well he rode to save my honor Someone else got in the way Now he’ll live with it forever And they’ll hunt him down till his dying day The villain often gets away Hearts are broken everyday Sometimes a woman has no say Gliding low above his tracks Feathers purple, green and black Says my man’s not coming back Well he’ll follow that old river Chase after that far horizon Where he’ll wander and grow bitter But I’ll watch for him with each dying sun Tattoo on a pearl grey sky Raven flies, I hear his cry Tidings of a sad goodbye ©RICKI E. BELLOS