Mockingbird Blues

The mockingbird sings his songs of love in June
The mockingbird sings his songs of love in June
He’s looking for his lover, so he’s singing his favorite tune

Wish I was a rich man so I wouldn’t have to die
Wish I was a rich man so I wouldn’t have to die
I’d gather all my euros, stack ‘em halfway up the sky

I took a wrong turn as I was heading for the wishing well
I took a wrong turn as I was heading for the wishing well
Began to feel wrong-headed, so I sat myself down for a spell

Wish I was out walking on some high old lonesome plain
Wish I was out walking on some high old lonesome plain
Instead of stuck here in my room with these feelings that I can’t explain

I got a lover she lives in two time zones
I got a lover she lives in two time zones
Her head is in west Texas, her feet are somewhere near Buffalo

I know a girl she lives in two time zones
I know a girl she lives in two time zones
One for when she’s around, the other when she’s on the telephone

The mockingbird sings his songs of love in June
The mockingbird sings his songs of love in June
He’s looking for his lover, so he’s singing his favorite tune

© 2005, Kyle Alden