she'd never known acceptance   she'd never known the word   she says "i like to call myself m   but my real name is mockingbird"         mockingbird franklin   so how do you do   mockingbird franklin   i'm alot like you         she says her mother is gone now   she says it never got cured   i said, "i'm sorry but is it true   did she really name you mockingbird?"         mockingbird franklin   broke your heart in two   mockingbird franklin   i'm alot like you         mockingbird    don't you change   just because you're not like them   oh mockingbird   you're not the same         alone along the sidewalk   her steps are barely heard   it's kinda funny that it's her name   'cause she's nothing like a mockingbird         mockingbird franklin   don't it get to you   mockingbird franklin   i'm alot like you