Lyrics to Mocking Bird

Walked along the creek bank--

Had to kick the brambles down.

Stopped to watch a plane fly by

That was towing the sky around

It was towing the sky around.



Grabbed a snake from the water

But his mouth opened cotton white.

I took his head and his skin from his long white flesh

But his coils wrapped my wrist so tight--

His coils wrapped my wrist so tight.



I reached up in a golden branch

To shake the fox grapes down.

A sacred song was in my mouth

But the mockingbird shouted me down--

That old mockingbird shouted me down.



Lay back in a bed of last year's leaves

The whole sky cotton white.

And the crow that coughed his terrible names

Flapped his way out of sight--

He flapped his way out of sight.



The highway back to the city

Just as blank as it could be

And I forgot the snake and the birds

For you waited in town for me--

At least I hoped that you waited for me.



Stood at your bathroom mirror

Knocked your wine glass in the sink

Red wine, red wine everywhere

But not a drop to drink

There was nary a drop to drink



So I went back to that golden branch

But all had been rained down

A sacred song was in my mouth

But the mockingbird shouted me down--

That old mockingbird shouted me down.