Chorus While the Mockingbird warbles Near the mountain stream Down in a mine A canary sings In a deep dark hole Where men didn't belong They listened to their lives In a canary's song
Verse 1 I remember mountain mornings So quiet I could almost hear The wind in the red-tails feathers And the breathin of the deer Those old tracks seemed to go forever As a child I'd walk all day Findin diamonds in the cinders Pickin chunks of coal away
Verse 2 As morning faded to evening So too came my time To follow down in my Daddy's footsteps And leave the mountain for the mine Always bring a bright canary Our link to the world of air For we knew while she kept singin We wouldn't suffocate down there
Chorus While the Mockingbird warbles Near the mountain stream Down in a mine A canary sings In a deep dark hole Where men don't belong We listened to our lives In a canary's song
Bridge And we'd listen for the sunrise For wings against the sky And we'd listen for the dreams That'd make men try
Verse 3 Once again I left the mountain To find work when the mine shut down Those old tracks don't go forever They end in this old part of town All I brought was this canary As I wake from dreams of home I pray I'll hear her singin And fear a silence cold as stone
Chorus While the Mockingbird warbles Near the mountain stream In a cold water room A canary sings Livin in this hole Where I don't belong I listen to my life In a canary's songTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.