He held me in his arms
My baby rocked me back to sleep
Like he was strumming his guitar
My baby sang to me
But that was before the war
Before he was taken away from me
And now I hear no lullaby
Now I haven't slept a week
But from the radio
I heard a voice from long ago
And like a bell my body started to ring
I felt my lovers' fingers
As they once did linger
And I felt like trembling
Now I only hear the silence
Like I watched upon an island
Why don't my mockingbird sing?
After the first tour
Or maybe after the next two
I didn't want too (?)
With some un-strummable chord
Now my love is just a husk
And even if I wanted to
Somebody ripped the harvest early
Before it was even June
But from the radio
I heard a voice from long ago
And like a bell my body started to ring
I felt my lover's fingers
As they once did linger
And I felt like trembling
Now I only hear the silence
Like I watched upon an island
Why don't my mockingbird sing?

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