[Verse 1]
Granddaddy took my dad to the pawnshop
Had his eye on a Gibson flat top hanging on the wall behind the wedding bands
A hundred bucks was a lot back in '75
But he always said that you can't put a price on a dream that starts with a [tool][?] and your two hands
[Pre-Chorus]
He'd sing me to sleep on worn out frets
His stage was the rocker by my bed
[Chorus]
I watched them fingers fly like a pair of wings
I knew one day that I'd be strumming them strings
Life without a melody is just a bunch of words
You can't stop a dreamer and you can't cage a hummingbird
[Verse 2]
Daddy played dive bar gigs, putting food on the table
But living on tips meant he wasn't able to put a bow on a beater when I turned sixteen
But I didn't wanna go nowhere, anyway, but my bedroom floor learning how to play
So that night he taught me "Me and Bobby McGee"
[Chorus]
Oh, I watched them fingers fly like a pair of wings
I knew one day that I'd be strumming them strings
Life without a melody is just a bunch of words
You can't stop a dreamer and you can't cage a hummingbird
[Post-Chorus]
Hummingbird, hummingbird
Hummingbird, hummingbird, hummingbird
[Bridge]
Someday, when this guitar's all I have left
Every note I play will sing me back to him
[Chorus]
When I watched them fingers fly like a pair of wings
I knew one day that I'd be strumming them strings
Life without a melody, oh, it's just a bunch of words
Yeah, you can't stop a dreamer and you can't cage
No, you can't cage a hummingbird
[Post-Chorus]
Hummingbird, hummingbird
Hummingbird, hummingbird, hummingbird