HARDY - the mockingbird & THE CROW

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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I grew up in a little town named after another
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Catching bass and cutting grass is how I spent my summers
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I know it sounds cliche, but it’s how I was raised
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And I got my first guitar from a pawn shop off of poplar
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Picked up Sweet Home Alabama, and Smoke On The Water
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And that’s what got me out
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It’s crazy thinking now

[Chorus 1]

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I’m a mockingbird
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Singing songs that sound like other songs you’ve heard
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Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt, and how Mississippi’s home
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I’ve always been a mockingbird but
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Now I’m a mockingbird with a microphone

[Verse 2]

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I found myself a contract down on Sixteenth Avenue
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Writing songs for anyone about anything I knew
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And I’ve come a long long way
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But one thing hasn’t changed

[Chorus 1]

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I’m a mockingbird
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Singing songs that sound like other songs you’ve heard
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Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt, and how Mississippi’s home
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I’ve always been a mockingbird but
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Now I’m a mockingbird with a microphone

[Tag]

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A mockingbird with a microphone, with a microphone, with a microphone,
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With a microphone

[Break]

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[Pre-Chorus 1]

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Do this, do that, that shirt, this hat
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Don’t forget to smile
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Kiss the ring once in a while
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Don’t say, those words, put down your finger
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Throw in a slow love song or two
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Well fuck that, and fuck you ‘cause

[Chorus 2]

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The way I sing may not be pretty
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May not be music to your ears
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But when these wings roll through your city
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My last name is all you hear
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And I refuse to be another
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Mockingbird with a microphone
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I’ll fly the line I choose to brother
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Even if that makes me the crow
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The crow, the crow
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Even if that makes me the crow
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The crow, the crow, the crow

[Break]

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[Pre-Chorus 2]

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Well do that, do this, unclench your fist
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You’re too loud, you’re too proud it won’t work
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Well tell that to twenty five thousand
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Rednecks with my dumb face on their T-shirt

[Chorus 2]

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The way I sing may not be pretty
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May not be music to your ears
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But when these wings roll through your city
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My last name is all you hear
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And I refuse to be another
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Mockingbird with a microphone
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I’ll fly the line I choose to brother
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Even if that makes me the crow
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The crow, the crow
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Even if that makes me the crow
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The crow, the crow, the crow

[Solo]

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[Chorus 3]

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I’m a mockingbird
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Singing songs that sound like other songs you’ve heard
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Like friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt, and how Mississippi’s home
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I’ve always been a mockingbird but
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Now I’m a mockingbird and I’m the crow