My name is Ivory Bill I'm a woodpecker you see Now that we're friends, the story begins Just call me Ivory
I knew what they were thinking Another young bird with dreams I had to get out so I flew down south To seek a better tree
I spent some time in Hollywood trying to make it in the biz But nobody's seeking a larvae-eating bird that sounds like this XXX So I practiced on my cry (CAA CAA) Rolled in soot black as spades I'm here to play a black crow Ivory Bill is my name
My Name is Ivory Bill You ain't seen me in a long time til You spotted me up in the tall, tall trees Mosquito-eating, larvae-seeking In the swamps of Arkansas So come and see me and the family Peck-peck-pecking in the trees
I was well respected A John Wayne of the birds A distinguished flight and a lonesome cry That everybody heard I showed 'em I could do it I proved their bird brains wrong Then the word came out no Ivory Bill left Oh everybody's gone
My name is Ivory Bill You ain't seen me in a long time til You spotted me up in the tall, tall trees Mosquito-eatin', larvae-seeking In the swamps of Arkansas So come and see me and the family Peck-peck-pecking in the trees
Extinct I think they're saying Loggers cut down the family tree I washed off the disguise And as the crow flies I went back home to see And there I found her waiting A lonely Hillary What's a bird to do We flew the coop And had a baby Ivory
My name is Ivory Bill You ain't seen me in a long time til You spotted me up in the tall, tall trees Mosquito-Eating, larvae-seeking in the swamps of Arkansas So come and see me and the family Peck-peck-pecking in the trees So come and see me and the family Peck-peck-pecking in the trees