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