Charles Bukowski - The Mockingbird lyrics
[Charles Bukowski - The Mockingbird lyrics]
The mockingbird had been following the cat
All summer mocking mocking mocking
Teasing and cocksure
The cat crawled under rockers on porches
Tail flashing
And said something angry to the mockingbird
Which I didn’t understand
Yesterday the cat walked calmly
Up the driveway
With the mockingbird alive in it's mouth
Wings fanned, beautiful wings
Fanned and flopping
Feathers parted like a woman’s legs
And the bird was no longer mocking
It was asking, it was praying but the cat
Striding down through centuries
Would not listen
I saw it crawl under a yellow car
With the bird to bargain it to another place
All summer mocking mocking mocking
Teasing and cocksure
The cat crawled under rockers on porches
Tail flashing
And said something angry to the mockingbird
Which I didn’t understand
Yesterday the cat walked calmly
Up the driveway
With the mockingbird alive in it's mouth
Wings fanned, beautiful wings
Fanned and flopping
Feathers parted like a woman’s legs
And the bird was no longer mocking
It was asking, it was praying but the cat
Striding down through centuries
Would not listen
I saw it crawl under a yellow car
With the bird to bargain it to another place
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