Mockingbird

Who was I before I took it on the chin Watching a little more of me blow away on the wind I listened to the whispers bending out of shape To fit into a picture I didn't even want to take Like a mockingbird singing a thousand songs That don't belong to me, just to see who's listening The song of a mockingbird hidden within my palm The one that's just for me, but if you listen closely And get a little bit lucky, you just might hear my melody My secret melody But I patchworked myself together Strung a fence across the plains Tried to tame it all for better But some wilds you just can't claim If beauty's in the eye I'm gonna be mindful where I look I wanna get a bird's eye from the sky Of every chance I took Like a mockingbird singing a thousand songs That don't belong to me, just to see who's listening The song of a mockingbird hidden within my palm The one that's just for me, but if you listen closely And get a little bit lucky, you just might hear my melody My secret melody Nah, it ain't fancy, it ain't especially fine Oh, but it's mine, I know that it's mine I'm a mockingbird singing a thousand songs That don't belong to me just to see who's listening The song of a mockingbird hidden within my palm The one that's just for me, but if you listen closely And get a little bit lucky, oh you just might hear my melody My secret melody It's my melody My secret melody