Listen To The Mockingbird - Steve Forbert

Woke up one bright morning

Woke up in the rain

Woke up to the sunshine and the pain

Stood out in the rosebuds

Stood out in the dew

Stood out in the clear and got a clue--

Listen to the mockingbird

Sing his sweet song

Listen to the mockingbird

And know that life goes on

Been inside a coal mine

Been inside a whale

Been inside a grief just like a jail…

Listen to the mockingbird

Sing his sweet song

Listen to the mockingbird

And know that life goes on

On that morning, dressed in black

I began my journey back;

Through old cobwebs colors blew

From my footsteps shadows flew--

Through these eyes of light now

I begin to know

All good things in time will come and go--

Listen to the mockingbird

Sing his sweet song

Listen to the mockingbird

And know that life goes on