James Taylor en Carly Simon gaan helemaal los in het nummer Mockingbird, tijdens de No Nukes concerten in 1979. Het lied werd geschreven door Inez & Charlie Fox in 1963 en is gebaseerd op het slaaplied Hush Little Baby. (Hush little baby don’t say a word. Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.)

Fantastisch om het stel zo samen te zien genieten en dansen. En heel bijzonder ook om Carly Simon zo losjes te zien optreden, terwijl ze in die tijd enorm veel last had van plankenkoorts, waardoor ze maar zeer zelden live te zien was.

Mockingbird
Mocking bird yeah.
Everybody have you heard,
he’s gonna buy me a mockingbird.
And if that mockingbird don’t sing,
he’s gonna buy me a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring won’t shine,
he’s gonna surely break this heart of mine.
And that’s why I keep on tellin’ everybody.

Hear me now and understand.
He’s gonna find me some piece of mind.
And if that piece of mind won’t stay,
I’m gonna find myself a better way.
And if that better way ain’t so,
I’ll ride with the tide and go with the flow.
And that’s why I keep on tellin’ everybody.

Everybody have you heard,
she’s gonna buy me a mockingbird.
If that mockingbird don’t sing,
she’s gonna buy me a diamond ring.
And if that diamond ring won’t shine,
gonna surely break this heart of mine.
And that’s the reason why I keep on tellin’ everybody.

Listen now and understand,
she’s gonna find me some piece of mind.
If that piece of mind won’t stay,
I’m gonna get myself a better way.
I might rise above, I might go below.
Ride with the tide and go with the flow.
And that’s the reason why I keep on shouting in your ear.
Mockingbird.