Six birds on a telephone wire, one was Mao Tse Tung
One was Rembrandt, one was Napoleon, another one was Cy Young
One was a guy named Stanley, who had been a clerk in a shipping company
One was Gertrude Stein, I shot ’em all down bang bang
No more birds on the telephone wire
I shot ’em all down bang bang

Six birds dumped in a dumpster, one was Mao Tse Tung
One was Rembrandt, one was Napoleon, another one was Cy Young
One was a guy named Stanley, who had been a clerk in a shipping company
One was Gertrude Stein I shot ’em all down bang bang
No more birds on the telephone wire
I shot ’em all down bang bang

Having fun this summer with reincarnation
You can kill the dead, who
Never never never never, never can die
Having fun this summer with positive vibrations
Found a lizard who had been King James–
I cut off King James head

Six birds dumped in a dumpster, one was Mao Tse Tung
One was Rembrandt, one was Napoleon, another one was Cy Young
One was a guy named Stanley who had been a clerk in a shipping company
One was Gertrude Stein I shot ’em all down bang bang
No more birds on the telephone wire
I shot ’em all down bang bang

(lyrics: Dan Bern)