Goodbye, I!

[Verse 1] The farmer drove his tractor Where the soil had been tilled Planting corn in rank and file From the silo to the lumber mill He rode along in silence As looked out past the honeysuckle field Watched the water turn Turn the water wheel Started thinking about his daughter's affection Her reaction of disdain The day he replaced the blue hydrangea With the climbing grain While her disappointed sister Looked on quiet as the snow Knowing well that those who know don't talk And those that talk don't know [Chorus 1] But she couldn't help but sing She couldn't help but sing No, she couldn't help but sing She couldn't help but sing She tried, and couldn't help but sing She couldn't help but sing No, she couldn't help but sing She couldn't help but sing [Verse 2] The tortoise in the wheelchair Wrapped his forehead in a bandage With a cast they made from plaster For his phony broken leg So he'd get pushed around the sidewalk By the zookeeper's assistant With the hummingbird observing From behind the yellow flower And he flapped his tiny wings They moved so fast you couldn't see them With resentment for the tortoise Which was clear by his expression But the tortoise turned and smiled With a peacefulness which proved That there's a movement in our stillness And however much we move [Chorus 2] We're bound to stand completely still We stand completely still We all stand completely still We stand completely still Let's all stand completely still Let's stand completely still Let's all stand completely still Let's stand completely still [Outro] Come tortoise, standing still Go hummingbird, my will Come tortoise, stumbling blind Go hummingbird, my eyes Come tortoise, empty hand Go hummingbird, my plan Come tortoise, undefined Go hummingbird, my mind Come tortoise, letting go Go hummingbird, I know Come tortoise, come and die Go hummingbird, my I Goodbye, I Goodbye, I Bye, bye, bye