High up in the cottonwood,
It's evening on the verdigris,
Down along the verdigris,
Life is right beside you here
Down to meet the Arkansas,
All the way to New Orleans
from here on the verdigris
Come and take a walk with me
that's the way it's meant to be
Blackbird heading homeward
at the closing of the day
the verdigris is where he means to stay
Life is right beside you here
Down beneath the Arkansas
All the way to New Orleans
from here on the verdigris
My first steps were taken
when the muddy waters flowed
All my life I've walked these hills,
these hills are what I know.
did not do a thing for me.
I long to hear the birds and song
Life is right beside you here
Down to meet the Arkansas
then rollin' through the sea
All the way to New Orleans
from here on the verdigris
Down to meet the Arkansas
then rollin' through the sea
All the way to New Orleans,
