Mockingbird

Mock (yeah) -ing (yeah)
Bird (yeah?) Yeah (oh, yeah)
Mockin' bird, now

Everybody have you heard? (Have you heard)
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird (I'm gonna buy her a mockingbird)
And if that mockingbird don't sing (if that mockingbird don't sing)
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring (I'm gonna buy her a diamond ring)
And if that diamond ring don't shine (if that diamond ring won't shine)
Oh, sure, let's break this heart of mine (sure this is gonna break this heart of mine)
And that's why (yes, indeed oh)
I keep on tellin' everybody, sayin' (oh, yes, indeed oh)
Yea-yeah (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-ohh) ohh-oh

(Hear me now and understand) hear me now, understand
(He's gonna find me some peace of mind) I'm gonna find her some peace of mind
(And if that peace of mind won't stay) if that peace of mind won't stay
(I'm gonna find myself a better way) I'm gonna find myself a better way
(And if that better way ain't so) if that better way ain't so
(I-I-I ride with the tide and go with the flow)
(And that's why) yes, indeed oh
(I keep on tellin' in your ears, sayin') oh, yes, indeed oh
Yea-yeah (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-ohh) ohh-oh

(Oh-ohh, yeah)
(Mockingbird)

Now move over, lemme show you how it's done, baby
(Yeah, right, quit big leaguing me)

I said, hey, everybody have you heard? (Everybody, have you heard?)
She's gonna buy me a mockingbird (he's gonna buy me a mockingbird)
Yeah, if that mockingbird don't sing (if that mockingbird don't sing)
She's gonna buy me a diamond ring (he's gonna buy me a diamond ring)
And if that diamond ring won't shine (if that diamond ain't gonna shine)
It'll surely break this heart of mine (it'll surely break this heart of mine)
And that's the reason why I keep on tellin' everybody, sayin'
(Yea-yeah) whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh-ohh (whoa-ohh-oh)

Oh, hear me now and understand (hear me now and understand)
She gonna find me some peace of mind (gonna find me some peace of mind)
Yeah, and if that peace of mind won't stay (if that peace of mind don't stay)
I'm just gonna get myself a better way (I'm gonna get myself a better way)
I might rise above, I might go below
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that's why (that's why) I keep on shoutin' in your ears sayin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh
No, no, no, no, no, whoa-whoa, baby (ohh-oh-ohh)

Mockingbird
Yeah (yeah) I might rise above, (I might go below) go below
Ride with the tide (let's go with the flow)
And that's why (that's why) I'm shoutin' in your ears sayin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh