don't be anything less than everything you can be - Larry Grossman
text of the lyrics borrowed from http://www.carlinamerica.com/titles/titles.cgi?MODULE=LYRICS&ID=609&terms=1976
DON`T BE THE LEAF IF YOU CAN BE THE TREE, DON`T BE THE RAINDROP IF YOU CAN BE THE SEA. `CAUSE 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. 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 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 CAN`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!