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