People, people who need people Are the luckiest people in the world We're children needing other children And yet letting our grown-up pride Hide all the need inside Acting more like children than children Lovers are very special people They're the luckiest people in the world With one person, one very special person A feeling deep in your soul Says you were half now you're whole No more hunger and thirst But first be a person who needs people People, people who need people Are the luckiest people in the world With one person, one very special person A feeling deep in your soul Says you were half now you're whole No more hunger and thirst But first be a person who needs people You have got to need people They're the luckiest people in the world

(Mock) Yeah (Ing) Yeah (Bird) Yeah (Yeah) Yeah Mockingbird Everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Well now, if that mockingbird don't sing (bird don't sing) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring (a diamond ring) And if that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (oh, yeah) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Oh, I know, I love him and I can't tell him so (a mockingbird) That I, I, I, I love him and that's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know (a diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (that's why) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Oo-oo, everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing (it don't shine) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring (diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (yes, you do) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) I know that I, that I love him and I can't tell him so (mockingbird) That I, I, I, I love him and it's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know (diamond ring) If that diamond ring don't shine (it don't shine) He's gonna surely break this heart of mine (this heart of mine) And that's why (yes, he will) I can't tell him that sad thing (yeah, yeah, ho-ho-ho) Everybody have you heard? (Have you heard?) He's gon' buy me a mockingbird (a mockingbird) Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing (it don't shine) He's gonna buy me a diamond ring