[Repeating Background Verse: Peter Christopherson]

Wise words from the departing

Eat your greens, especially broccoli

Remember to say "thank you"

For the things you haven't earned

By working the soil

We cultivate the sky

Mmm, we embrace

The vegetable kingdom

The death of your father

The death of your mother

Is something you prepare for

All your life, all their lives

[Verse 1: John Balance]

Wise words from the departing

The death of the mother, and the death of the father

Is something you prepare for

For all of their lives

For all of your life

[Verse 2: John Balance]

Wise words from the departing

Eat your greens, especially broccoli

Wear sensible shoes

And always say "thank you"

Especially for the things

You never had

[Verse 3: John Balance]

Wise words from the departing

By working the soil

We cultivate the sky

And enter the vegetable kingdom

Of our own heaven

By working the soil

By working the soil

We cultivate good manners

We used to say "please", and "thank you"

Especially for the things

We never had

[Verse 4: John Balance]

Wise words from the departing:

Eat your greens, especially broccoli

And always say "thank you,"

Especially for broccoli