[Verse]
Well I went for a walk on the rocky cliffs with a sunshine sea and a sky of grey
Saw a big black bird with the white-out wings, he called "Come with me, child, and fly away" (fly awa-ay)
Said "Count my brothers and count my sisters, we'll tell your fortune and we'll tell you true" (we'll tell you true-ue)
"But the path's all covered in claws and feathers, Magpie, there's too many of you"

[Chorus]
Oh, one one one and two and three
(One one one and two and three)
Magpie, won't you take pity on me
The devil himself only counted to seven
Tell me what does it mean?
Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen

[Verse]
Magpie tell me where I'm going
(Magpie)
Magpie tell me where I've been
(Magpie)
Eight's for a dance on the stroke of midnight
(Eight)
Nine's for a sinner and ten's for sin
(Nine)
Eleven is for the gates of heaven
(Eleven)
Twelve's for the man that lets you in
(Twelve)
Oh, thirteen's a charm and thirteen's a murder and thirteen's the feathers underneath your skin...
(Thirteen — thirteen — thirteen —)
[Chorus]
Oh one one one and two and three
(One one one and two and three)
Magpie (please) won't you take pity on me
The devil himself only counted to seven
Tell me what does it mean?
Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen
(Thirteen... thirteen... thirteen... thirteen...)

[Verse]
Magpie tell me all your stories
(Magpie)
Magpie tell me I can play
(Magpie)
(You can play if you want to, oh, you know you can play if you want to)
I never believed in the signs and omens
I never knew nothin' until today
Fly me twelve times round the castle
(Fly me)
Take me up and never set me down, oh, no no no
(Take me)
Take my joy in gold and silver, jump off the cliff and never hit the ground, no, no, no no

[Chorus]
Oh one one one and two and three
(One one one and two and three)
Magpie (please) won't you take pity on me
The devil himself only counted to seven
Tell me what does it mean
Thirteen, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen
(Thirteen... thirteen... thirteen... thirteen...)
[Outro]
Hey-ey-e-ey ...
Oh oh oh