Michelle Shocked - What Can I Say lyrics

Little children did I tell you how the mockingbird Called the animals together tried to say a few words But the squirrels began to chatter and the bees began to buzz Just the way it is just the way it was What can I say? Now everybody's talking but it makes no sense Used to be a tree now it's a picket fence With the wild trees gone and no place to go They put 'em in the zoo next to the monkey show You can protest swinging on the garden gate Mockingbird tried to warn you but now it's too late What can I say? He ain't gonna fight to say his peace Just the way it was just the way it is Talk to yourself on your cordless phone Watch tv you see celebrities You've got to sit outside if you wanna see stars They used to swing thru the trees but now they're monkey bars What can I say? Now everybody's talking but it makes no sense Used to be a tree now it's a picket fence He ain't gonna fight to say his peace Just the way it was just the way it is