Hi Too Loo Rye

Mother, once I awoke as an old man
My name was Stanley Forbes, and I threw tin cans
At everyone who passed my porch
I don't know why I did, but I didn't throw them at the kids, so
I was a good guy

I remember yelling
"Hi too loo rye
It's the day before I die
So why, too loo rye
Is everybody walking by?
Oh, hi too loo rye
It's the day before I die
And I wanna sigh and cry alongside my brothers"

Mother, once I awoke as a squirrel
And I jumped from tree to tree to tree to tree, it was me
At the acme of my career
I saved all I caught that year
Which is a lot of acorns let me tell you
I was very resourceful

And I cried, too loo rye
This is how it feels to fly so high
Too loo rye
This ain't nothing cash could buy
Oh, hi too loo rye
Tomorrow, I could die
So I'm gonna climb the pines and have myself a time

Mother, I dreamt I died last night
See, I was a lightbulb left on a little too long
And I burned till I was dead
With a hundred good ideas in my head
But I forgot 'em all
And they tried to throw me awa, but hey
When they grabbed ahold of me
They all would burn their hands and see that
I was still quite hot with thought
And so, a little thought they got that
They should keep me as a kind of warmth
You can't get from a stove or hearth
And so I sought and thought and thought
But then cooled down and said

"Oh, hi too loo rye
To think I had a light inside when I try
Too loo rye
To remember what I wanted to find
So sigh, too loo rye
I thought that I had died"

But I think tonight, I got it right
I'm Stanley and the squirrel, the invisible light
I'm a lover, liar, a humble fire, I'm a little spider, I'm a chicken on a wire
Climbing, trying, sighing, crying, laughing, high-fiving, slowly dying

But I swear now, that's all right
Yeah I swear now, that's all right
Dear mother, I'm alright

Mother, once I awoke as an old man
My name was Stanley Forbes, and I threw tin cans
At everyone who passed my porch
I don't know why I did, but I didn't throw them at the kids, so
I was a good guy

I remember yelling
"Hi too loo rye
It's the day before I die
So why, too loo rye
Is everybody walking by?
Oh, hi too loo rye
It's the day before I die
And I wanna sigh and cry alongside my brothers"

Mother, once I awoke as a squirrel
And I jumped from tree to tree to tree to tree, it was me
At the acme of my career
I saved all I caught that year
Which is a lot of acorns let me tell you
I was very resourceful

And I cried, too loo rye
This is how it feels to fly so high
Too loo rye
This ain't nothing cash could buy
Oh, hi too loo rye
Tomorrow, I could die
So I'm gonna climb the pines and have myself a time

Mother, I dreamt I died last night
I was a lightbulb left on a little too long
And I burned till I was dead
With a hundred good ideas in my head
But I forgot 'em all
And they tried to throw me awa, but hey
When they grabbed ahold of me
They all would burn their hands and see that
I was still quite hot with thought
And so, a little thought they got that
They should keep me as a kind of warmth
You can't get from a stove or hearth
And so I sought and thought and thought
But then cooled down and said

"Oh, hi too loo rye
To think I had a light inside when I try
Too loo rye
To remember what I wanted to find
So sigh, too loo rye
I thought that I had died"

But I think tonight, I got it right
I'm Stanley and the squirrel, the invisible light
I'm a lover, liar, a humble fire, I'm a little spider and a chicken on a wire
Climbing, trying, sighing, crying, laughing, high-fiving, slowly dying

But I swear now, that's all right
Yeah I swear now, that's all right
Dear mother, I'm alright