You see that leaf falling?
This happens every year
This is known as one of the cycles of nature
And there's a lesson to be learned from this
Do you know what it is?
Don't be a leaf if you can be a tree
Don't be a raindrop if you can be the sea
For a leaf may fall
but the tree remains
It may never rain at all
but the sea remains
Better to be the tree and the sea
See?
Don't be a cloud if you can be the sky
Don't be a feather
Be a bird and fly
The clouds roll by
But the sky rolls on
And a bird can fly
With a feather gone
Be the bird and the sky
And the tree and the deep blue sea
Don't be anything less
Than ev'rything you can be
Don't be the sail if you can be the boat
Don't be the lining if you can be the coat
It may lose its sail
But a boat will float
And a coat without a lining
Is still a coat
Better to be the boat and the coat
Quote!
Don't be the stick if you can be the drum
Don't be the sugar
Be the plum, by gum
You can break a stick but the drum will beat
Without a sugar coat
Plums're good to eat
Better to be the drum
And the plum and the coat
And the boat and the bird and the sky and the tree
And the deep blue sea
Don't be anything less
Than ev'rything you can be!
Don't be the 'moo' if you can be the cow
Don't be the furrow
If you can be the plow
'cause you can't get milk from a 'moo' no way
And the furrow's in a rut
But the plow's okay
Better to be the cow and the plow!
Now!
Don't be the sting if you can be the bee
Don`t be a two if you can be a three
`cause a sting won`t make you a honeybun
Take two from three and you still got one
Better to be the three and a bee
And a cow and a plow
And a drum and a plum
And a coat, boat, bird, sky, tree
And the deep blue sea
Don`t be anything less
Than ev`rything you can be!
Don`t be the string if you can be the kite
Don`t be the darkness
If you can be the light
Tho` you lose its string you can fly a kite
But would anybody here fly a kite at night?
Better to be the kite and the light
Right!
Don`t be the tail if you can be the dog
Don`t be the bump if you can be the log
He can wag his tail
But it can`t wag `he`
A bump without a log
Isn`t much to be
Better to be the dog and the log
And the kite and the light
And the three and a bee
And a cow and a plow
And a drum and a plum
And a coat and a boat
And a bird and the sky and a tree
And the deep blue sea!
Don`t be anything less
Than ev`rything you can be!