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Yeah, lyrebirds are pretty cool. There's a fairly well-known anecdote about a flautist who had a pet lyrebird which learned to mimic his playing and which he subsequently released into the wild. The story goes that researchers later encountered several other lyrebirds who'd learned to mimic a flute by mimicking the original bird, leading to a population of lyrebirds who were all of a musical bent.
FUN FACT: Although not nearly so prodigious as lyrebirds, crows, ravens and jackdaws (collectively of the family corvidae, and distant cousins of lyrebirds) are also able to mimic sounds from their environment, and have been observed in urban areas repeating car alarms and such.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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