The Beat of Black Wings Joni Mitchell

[Verse 1]
I met a young soldier, he said his name was Killer Kyle
He was shaking all over like a night-frightened child
This is his story, it's a tough one for me to sing
Hard as the squawk and the flap
And the beat of, the beat of black wings

[Chorus]
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel

[Verse 2]
They gave me a gun, he said, they gave me a mission
For the power and the glory, propaganda, piss on 'em
There's a war zone inside me, I can feel things exploding
I can't even hear the fucking music playing
For the beat of, the beat of black wings

[Chorus]
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel
Johnny Angel

[Verse 3]
He said, I never had nothin', nothin' I could believe in
My girl killed our unborn child without even grieving
I put my hands on her belly to feel the kid kicking
Damn, she'd been to some clinic
Oh, the beat of black wings