𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐬

mockingjay

song title: mockingjay
written by lucy gray baird
about her story involving the mockingjay
and a ballad of foretelling the future

verse 1:
there was a girl born in the years of war
without a voice, they'd say she's such a bore
one day she took after those before her
singing that the days would soon get better

verse 2: 
she sang of all the glory days
she did whatever was needed to get paid
oh darling, sweet darling, you know her name
sweet, pure, angry, daring lucy gray

chorus:
they say she wrote this folk flow
oh, wherever miss lucy gray goes
the mockingjay birds will follow
she's got a voice of honey, so sweet
and whatever she sings, they repeat

verse 3:
she came from a place of no true home
she said her people used to love to roam
her family had one general name, covey
no one would have ever called her lucky

verse 4:
with a voice of honey, she attracted the men
but something stirred inside her, deep within
oh, anyone could tell she longed for more
now they tell her tale in the breeze, what a score

chorus:
they say she wrote this folk flow
oh, wherever miss lucy gray goes
the mockingjay birds will follow
she's got a voice of honey, so sweet
and whatever she sings, they repeat

bridge:
they call out her name
'oh, spirit of lucy gray'
they call out her name
'oh, spirit of lucy gray'
now she's inspired a name
'oh, it's the mockingjay'

outro:
the mockingjay echoes her story
as i sing of my own once dear glory tonight