Everybody have you heard He's gonna buy me a mockingbird Well now if that mockingbird don't sing He's gonna buy me a diamond ring And if that diamond ring don't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing Oh I, I know, I love him and I can't tell him so That I, I love him and his, no he doesn't know, he doesn't know And if that diamond ring don't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing Everybody have you heard He's gonna buy me a mockingbird Said now if that mockingbird don't sing He's gonna buy me a diamond ring And if that diamond ring don't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing Oh I, I know, that I, that I love him and I can't tell him so That I, I love him and his, no he doesn't know, he doesn't know And if that diamond ring don't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing Everybody have you heard He's gonna buy me a mockingbird Said now if that mockingbird don't sing He's gonna buy me a diamond ring And if that diamond ring don't shine He's gonna surely break this heart of mine And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing