if I were a mocking bird   I’d mock you   in soft winds   and silent words   I’d spot you   like snow blushing in the sunlight   and I’d melt you   like morning into twilight      if I were a mocking bird   would you chain me   in view of the endless sky world   from the window   wind reaches, desperate, through the cage bars   to seize me   and I’d die in your arms   but not your heart   if it please you      fire flies and so do I   I fly high to hide in flight   why, I delight in blue sky   it’s almost like dying      mocking bird   I’d fly all around   top of the world   and never come down   from here      if I were a mocking bird   I’d give you feathers   and my very own blood    and other treasures   which you keep on your dresser at night   in corner darkness   by the candle that you never light    though it be moonless      fire flies, so do I   I fly to hide in flight   why, I delight in blue sky   it’s so much, so much like dying      against the tide   I’d fly all around   with the wind   and never come down   from here      fire flies, so do I   I fly high to hide in flight   I delight in windy sky   it’s almost so much like dying   fire flies, so do I   I fly high to ride like kites   why, I delight in blue sky   it is almost so much like dying      if I were a mocking bird   I’d fly all around   to the top of the world   and never come down   from here