I grew up in a little town named after another
Catchin' bass and cuttin' grass was how I spent my summers
I know it sounds cliché, but it's how I was raised
And I got my first guitar from a pawn shop off of Poplar
Picked up "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Smoke On The Water"
And that's what got me out
It's crazy thinkin' now
I'm a mockingbird
Singin' songs that sound like other songs you've heard
Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt
And how Mississippi's home
I've always been a mockingbird, but now I'm a mockingbird with a microphone, yeah
I found myself a contract down on Sixteenth Avenue
Writing songs for anyone about anything I knew
And I've come a long long way
But one thing hasn't changed
I'm a mockingbird
Singing songs that sound like other songs you've heard
Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt
And how Mississippi's homе
I've always been a mockingbird, but now I'm a mockingbird with a microphone, hmm
A mockingbird with a microphone
Ooh, with a microphonе, with a microphone, with a microphone
♪
Do this, do that
That shirt, this hat
Don't forget to smile
Kiss the ring once in a while
Don't say those words
Put down your finger
Throw in a slow love song or two
Well, fuck that, and fuck you 'cause
The way I sing may not be pretty
May not be music to your ears
But when these wings roll through your city
My last name is all you hear
And I refuse to be another
Mockingbird with a microphone
I'll fly the line I choose to, brother
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow, the crow
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow, the crow, the crow
♪
Well, do that, do this
Unclench your fist
You're too loud, you're too proud, it won't work
Well, tell that to 25 thousand rednecks with my dumb face on their T-shirt
The way I sing may not be pretty
May not be music to your ears
But when these wings roll through your city
My last name is all you hear
And I refuse to be another
Mockingbird with a microphone
I'll fly the line I choose to, brother
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow, the crow
Even if that makes me the crow, the crow, the crow, the crow
♪
I'm a mockingbird
Singing songs that sound like other songs you've heard
Like Friday nights and headlights on some backroad red dirt
And how Mississippi's home
I've always been a mockingbird, but now I'm a mockingbird and I'm the crow