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Mockingbird Lyrics by Nick Black (Memphis)

The Soul Diaries

2012

Verse 1
No matter how original, I’ll always be a washing machine
Throw in some music and I’ll spin it for you, return it to you folded and clean
And at this moment I realize, I’ll never write personal thing
Without describing it in metaphor, and drowning it with rhythm and strings
PreChorus
And as I sit and wonder why I chose this way of life
A thought comes to my mind, that robs me of my flight
Chorus
I am afraid that I’m a mockingbird
And I’ll sing only what I have heard
And on the day that all the others, stop to breathe you won’t hear a sound
Cause this mockingbird will still be copying
Verse
I heard a friend, just the other day, confess to something very absurd
With a quiet tongue and bated breath most likely something not to be overheard
He said “I can just do what’s been done before and show them what they need
I’ll give them what they like, it’s a tried and tested recipe
Chorus 2
I am afraid that you’re a mockingbird
And you’ll sing only what you have heard
And on the day that all the others, stop to breathe you won’t hear a sound
Cause this mockingbird will still be copying
Bridge
It’s just so easy to do what's been done before
It’s a donation in kind
I’d like to think that we all copy once every blue moon
Cause even Rufus, even Rufus chirps from time to time
Chorus 3
I’m not afraid if I’m a mockingbird
Cause I know that you hear what I’ve heard
So I’ll start again and take what’s always been
I promise to be myself if you promise to do the same
And you and i together will live and breathe by copying
Credits
Nick Black (Memphis)

Nick Black (Memphis)

About “Mockingbird” by Nick Black (Memphis)

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