He was born and bred in an Ohio town
In a little log house in the trees
His folks worked hard so they wouldn't let him down
He lived for the day he could leave....
Anthony Walker was the name given him
And his manner was misunderstood
A lover of nature, he played violin
To the creatures who lived in the woods
In a fiddler's way he explained to them all:
"The people don't see what I see."
It was a red-winged blackbird who answered his call
And he seemed to be saying "Follow me."
And the red-winged blackbird he took off in flight
And Anthony tried just to keep it in sight
He yelled to the blackbird "please take me with you
I want to fly free through the sky like you do!"
And the blackbird said "don't be a fool, I'd like to be like you too
But I'll never be just like you, and you'll never be just like me."
Well he lived his whole life in that Ohio town
In a little log house in the trees
And he always remembered that red-winged blackbird
Who showed him the way to be free
Anthony Walker was the name given him
And he's no longer misunderstood
A lover of nature he played violin
To the creatures who lived in the woods...
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