I close my eyes and I listen

And try to get out of the way

But when I look out the window

I see his face

Is it him that I hear laughing?

Taunting me, making me blush

Acting like he knows my secrets

Why won't it hush?

The crow in the yard is trying to tell me something

I see him out there trying to catch my eye

He's not the magnificent raven

He caws a much creepier caw

So comfortable there in his murder

Don't he know it all?

So why won't he just give me the message?

What's the worst news he could bring?

And I make a mess when I'm guessing

About anything

The crow in the yard is trying to tell me something

I see him out there trying to catch my eye

Black as the night, it shines like a light on nothing

But there ain't no use in trying to hide

Oh child

Oh child

Oh child

I guess a crow in the yard is better than bats in the belfry