Found a mockingbird and I drowned itnIt never said a word to anybody but nownSo I wear this cross and chain cause my girl found itnSaid it'd drive my pain all the way clean out of townnWe looked out on the broken world and like Old Edmund Ruffin declared we'd started somethingnnCan the bell and tower hold your passion?nToll it out in hours straight to the end of your days?nnWe lit the fuse and walked awaynThen like Old Edmund Ruffin, said we started somethingnnAh the great release, thought I'd found itnBut there can be no peace n'Til every idol comes down