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