Saying no no no no no no no no
I'm gonna get myself a better way
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
She's gonna find me some piece of mind, yeah

I'm gonna find myself a better way
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
And if that mockingbird won't sing
Yeah

And that's why I keep on tellin' everybody
And if that mockingbird don't sing

And if that piece of mind won't stay
No no no no no no no no baby, yeah
I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow
Bird

And that's why I keep on shoutin' in your ear
Ing
Mockingbird now
Hey everybody have you heard
Well now everybody have you heard
Saying
Yeah

And if that better way ain't so
She's gonna buy me a mockingbird, yeah
She's gonna buy me a diamond ring

And if that diamond ring won't shine
And if that diamond ring won't shine
He's gonna find me some piece of mind
Yeah
Listen now and understand
I might rise above, I might go below
And if that piece of mind won't stay
Yes it surely break this poor heart of mine
Yeah
And that's the reason why I keep on shouting in your ear
Saying
Hear me now and understand
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring
And that's the reason why I keep on tellin' everybody