Mockingbird Lyrics - Minnie Driver

Sure do sing a pretty song darlin' 

Pretty music, Lord, and pretty words 

Like a lark and sweeter than a starlin' 

But mostly like a mockingbird 

Words that leave your mouth all turn to ashes 

They flutter to the ground like falling snow 

Make a bed that's soft enough to lie in 

And your foot steps are makin' no sound as you go 

Mockingbird, you just sound like what you said you were 

Mockingbird, you were the sweetest thing I ever heard 

The color of desire is a wretched blue 

It burns just like the center of a flame 

It pulls the loosest thread inside your mind 

It burns everything, but it calls you out by name 

Mockingbird, you just sound like what you said you were 

Mockingbird, you were the sweetest thing I ever heard 

The devil stole the wings from a poor angel 

They grew into the skin upon his back 

Now half of his heart for me it beats and the other half just repeats 

The things Im feeling for my mockingbird 

My, my, my, my, my mockingbird 

Mockingbird, you just sound like what you said you were 

Mockingbird, you were the sweetest thing I ever heard