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Artist: Anais Mitchell
Canonical path: /anais-mitchell/mockingbird
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Mockingbird
Read Mockingbird lyrics by Anais Mitchell on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Mockingbird
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hush, you little baby, don't you say a word
here comes the devil, all dressed up like a mockingbird
and if that mockingbird should try to steal you off the ground
mama's gonna grab on tight and hold you down- down- down
mama, can you tell me: where did my money go?
what did the devil sell me? i don't even know
he's been pecking in my pockets, diving round my door
trying to take me with him- what does he want me for?
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mama told me: don't let go the ground
somebody hold me- hold me down
i got the devil on my shoulder- hollering- beating his red wing
saying "polly wanna dollar, i don't care if you can sing"
and "put down that guitar, now, darlin', you can't really play it
don't matter what you got to say- you don't know how to say it"
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bridge
what's this coming? what's this coming? coming over me
i can't stand myself- i can't even stand on my own feet
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Anais Mitchell performs "Mockingbird", and this lyric page sits inside the Anais Mitchell catalog on LyroVerse.
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