One day I'm gonna be as tall as a big magnolia tree.
Tell my mother to not come after me.
Tell my mother to not come after me.
The fear will fly from my feet the day I turn 23.
Tell my mother to not come after me.
Tell my mother to not come after me
Her little bird
Little bird
Little bird
One day I'm gonna shake
the hand of the real world out on the street.
After mother has said, "So long!" to me.
After mother has said, "So long!" to me
"My baby!", she's gonna weep
if something should ever happen to me.
But I've gotta jump now before it's too late
and if I land in a casket, at least they could say
Her little bird. Her little bird grew big wings.
Little bird. Little bird grew big wings. Dangerous things.
One day I'm gonna be as tall as a big magnolia tree
Tell my mother to not come after me.
Tell my mother to not come after me.