He worked the rice fields with their cold dark wells
 He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
 The only thing we've owned is this old house here by the road

 And when he dies he says he'll catch some blackbird's wing
 And we will fly away to heaven
 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring

 She walked through springtime when I was home
 The days were sweet, our nights were warm
 The seasons changed, the jobs would come
 The flowers fade, and this old house felt so alone
 When the work took me away

 And when she dies she says she'll catch some blackbird's wing
 And she will fly away to heaven
 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring

 Highway 90, the jobs are gone
 We kept our garden, we set the sun
 This is the only place on Earth blue bonnets grow
 And once a year they come and go
 At this old house here by the road

 And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
 And we will fly away to heaven
 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring

 Yes when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing
 And we will fly away together
 Come some sweet blue bonnet spring