Mockingbird
uploaded: Tue, May 28, 2013 @ 12:18 AM last modified: Tue, May 28, 2013 @ 12:55 PM (replace)
Heard this guitar bit at 2 AM and the first and last verse wrote themselves before 3. Obsessed about it the rest of the day and here it is.
Javolenus, thanks for a fantastic ride, hope you find it OK. Note May 28, 2013: Replaced the vox FLAC file. Thanks, NiGiD! Also expect a new preview with the guitar a little hotter. ————— Mockingbird aka Another Beautiful Day [1] The sun came out again Like it almost always does Another beautiful day Scroungin’ ‘round the bottom of my wallet Found a part of a song A couple of jokes Somebody’s number But I guess now I’m never gonna call it Walkin’ to the corner I thought I heard a mockingbird Singin’ his silly old ripoff songs That ain’t even worth a listen I’m just bangin’ my head Against the wall and wishin’ I could find a way To make it all feel better [2] Sittin’ in the coffee place Lookin’ out the window I’m watchin’ that homeless guy who works this corner, He says to call him Otis He’s got a handmade sign Lays it out on the sidewalk And folks who don’t look down walk right on by And act like they don’t even notice But sometimes I’ll read that sign It says somethin’ different every day And three days out of five what it says Is pretty damn funny And I talked to Otis just the other day Didn’t have any money But I found out he and I Have the same last name [3] The sun came out again I guess Otis made his nickel Packed up his little paper shrine and shuffled Down the street and on across the avenues And later that afternoon His spot was taken up by an old blind guy Who sets up a chair in the doorway And sings the blues He’s got an old guitar Strings probably cost him more than his suit It’s a chipped-up National job With this huge resonator And whenever I see him over there It’s like a joy generator He’s singin’ this sad old shit But it sure makes me feel happy [4] Walked down to the river And watched the water flowin’ by The ripples and the eddies, I’m thinkin’ Maybe that’s all there is to livin’ Some are rich and some are poor Me I’m just a little down on my luck Don’t have so little there isn’t somethin’ That I could still be givin’ I got a trick or two In my pocket and up my sleeve I’m just not done searchin’ yet For my own Nirvana But maybe this is as good as it gets And if we wait por la mañana We might not like the trade We made in the end [5] The sun came out again Like it almost always does Another beautiful day And I’m so glad that I’m still here in it and walkin’ Got a start on a song A couple new jokes Somebody’s number And in a minute maybe we’ll be talkin’ Walked to the corner And then I heard the mockingbird He’s singin’ his beautiful patchwork song So I just stopped to listen I’m runnin’ my hand Against the wall and wishin’ I can just find a way To keep it all together
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