The Crow Symbolizes Love

[Verse 1]
The first time I saw the crow
I was in West Virginia
About twelve years old
She flew so beautiful and high
Up in that West Virginia sky
Oh, and so scared was I
But she flew away
Like a mysterious dream
And when she came back to me
I'd just turned seventeen
She fluttered and she cawed
And in the black of her eyes I saw
Myself as whom I'm supposed to be

[Refrain]
And I said mm
Mm
Mm-mm-mm

[Verse 2]
And when the crow left again
I didn't let my sadness show
But I stayed out all night drinking
Wondering where the hell'd she go
Oh, but all I found is that the crow don't come around
When you don't love your own self, you know
So many years passed by
Lines formed around my eye
Lord, I thought the crow had died, oh, no, no, no

[Refrain]
And I said mm
Mm
Mm-mm-mm

[Verse 3]
But then one day
As I was resting beneath a tree
I looked up in the sky
Oh, and suddenly there was she
And she dropped an apple seed
Into the gentle breeze
Oh, and it landed at my feet
And I buried that seed down
Way down in that warm soft ground
Oh, and I cared for it so faithfully

[Outro]
Nowadays the crow is close to me
I hear her sometimes, no, but I don't need to see
'Cause up there she lives
And many many wonderful gifts she gives
Look here, she gave me three