Written by Terry Gilkyson
Intro: Am Dm Am E Am Dm Am Em Am Dm Am Dm Dark comes down like a bird in flight F Dm F Am Most good people have gone to rest Dm Am Dm But us poor fools who wake at night F Dm F E7 C When we're lonely, we sing our best G C G Listen and hark, out in the dark F Dm F E7 C A mockingbird in a tall tree G Am G F Busts his throat on a high sweet note Dm F E7 Nobody knows he's there but me Chorus: Am Dm Am E He sings his best when nobody's listening F Dm Nobody's listening Am Dm Am But me_________ Dm Am Dm F Dark comes down like a heron's wing Dm F Am Honeysuckle is in the air Dm Am Dm That's when I like to sit and sing F Dm F E7 C Nobody listens, but I don't care G C G Out in a swamp, by a firefly ramp F Dm F E7 An old frog fiddles his double bass C G Am G F Over the hill, a whippoorwill Dm F E7 Sings her note from a secret race Chorus: Am Dm Am E She sings her best when nobody's listening F Dm Nobody's listening Am Dm Am But me_________ Instrumental: Dm Am Dm F Dm F Am Dm Am Dm F Dm F E7 C G C G F Dm F E7 C G Am G F Dm F E7 Chorus: Am Dm Am E We sing our best when nobody's listening F Dm Nobody's listening Am Dm Am F But me_________ OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##) C G Dm C F G Am F C G Dm C F G Am F C G Dm C F G Am F C G Dm C F G Am F