Oh my father said
"Just keep silent
And in the places where you've been
Nobody will say you've been seen"

And I go to the woods
Once or twice a year
And I sing "doo doo doo"
When they shave my hair

And I can see the vultures
The starvin' vultures
And the old man's ghost
I can see the vultures

The starvin' vultures
Killin' two white goats

And in the big, big, big cities
I gave all I got
And I shared a secret with a stranger
For he won't say it to my father

And I can see the vultures
The starvin' vultures
And the old man's ghost
I can see the vultures
The starvin' vultures
Killin' two white goats.