Mockingbird - Carly Simon & James Taylor

Nice share brother David!

Thank you my audiophile friend SGT (Join to see) for posting the music video of Carly Simon and James Taylor performing Mockingbird on August 30, 1995 in front of 10,000 fans on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. It was interesting to learn that this was the first time they appeared live on the same stage since 1979.

Song Background "The song based on the famous lullaby “Hotcakes” and a song written and performed by Inez and Charlie Foxx from 1963. Carly Simon and her husband (then), James Taylor recorded this remake for Carly’s new album, Hotcakes, a personal album while she was pregnant with her first child.'

Mockingbird written by Inez Foxx, James Taylor & Charlie Foxx
Lyrics
Mock (yeah)
Ing (yeah)
Bird (yeah)
Yeah (yeah)
Mockin'bird, now

Everybody have you heard
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird won't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring won't shine
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I keep on tellin' everybody
Say yeah, yeah whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh

Hear me now and understand
He's gonna find me some peace of mind
And if that piece of mind won't stay
I'm gonna find myself a better way
And if that better way ain't so
I'll ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that's why I keep on shoutin' in your ear
Say yeah, yeah whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, uh, oh

{Bridge}
Now, everybody have you heard
She's gonna buy me a mockingbird
Yeah if that mockingbird don't sing
She's gonna buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring won't shine
Yes, it'll surely break this heart of mine
And there's a reason why I keep on tellin' everybody
Say yeah, yeah no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

Listen now and understand
She's gonna find me some peace of mind
Yeah if that piece of mind won't stay
I'm gonna get myself a better way
I might rise above, I might go below
Ride with the tide and go with the flow
And that's the reason why I keep on shoutin' in your ear
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, now, now. baby

{Outro}
Here are a couple songs of them performing as husband and wife

Devoted To You - Carly Simon & James Taylor - 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpK0kv3CuaI


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Saw Carly Simon in concert at Tanglewood many years ago, one heck of a show.