Purple Goes with Green

They say it isn't easy being green
But I don't know what they mean
(I don't know what they mean)
'Cause every time I look around
Purple's somewhere to be found
And purple goes with green

Purple wears a crown and doesn't know it
A king who never needs to show it
(never needs to show it)
And green is just a little wild
Half a garden, half a child
But purple goes with green

(purple goes with green)
(like it was always meant to be seen)
Like two foxes who are in love
Like the twilight sky above
Purple goes with green

Green is everywhere you look
Every field and every brook
(every leaf on every tree)
But purple's rare and hard to find
Just an iris, a butterfly outlined
You could look a long time and never see

But when you find it — oh, you know
It's the color that makes the whole world glow
(makes the whole world glow)
And green will never let it go
'Cause purple goes with green

(purple goes with green)
(like it was always meant to be seen)
Like two foxes who are in love
Like the twilight sky above
Purple goes with green

There are so many unicorns on this planet
(uni-uni-corn)
You just have to know where to look
(you just have to know where to look)

There's one with a neck that goes up and up
(up and up, la-la look)
And a spotted orange coat like a patchwork quilt
(patchwork quilt, orange felt)
With a purple tongue reaching for the top
(reaching high, reaching high)
Standing tall on legs like stilts
(silly filly, tall and stilty)
A gentle giant walking softly through the dawn
(softly through the dawn)

Oh wait — that's a giraffe
(that's a giraffe)
Never mind, let's move on
(move along, move along)

There are so many unicorns on this planet
(uni-uni-corn)

There's one in black and white just like a piano
(black and white, midnight bright)
Running wild and running free across the plains
(runaway, runaway)
With a mane that stands up straight like a mohawk
(mohawk high, mohawk high)
And no two of them wear the same stripes
(stripe by stripe, side by side)

Oh wait — that's a zebra
(that's a zebra)
Never mind, let's move on
(move along, move along)

There are so many unicorns on this planet
(uni-uni-corn)

There's one that stands six feet up at the shoulder
(tall and slow, moonbeam glow)
With antlers wide enough to hang the moon
(hang the moon, hang the moon)
Walking straight through frozen rivers
(cold and wide, step inside)
Like it owns every room
(boom-ba-boom, every room)

Oh wait — that's a moose
(that's a moose, moose, moose)
Never mind, let's move on
(moose, moose, moose)
(move along, move along)

There are so many unicorns on this planet
(uni-uni-corn)

There's one who makes the coffee every morning
And wants the whole world to be happy
Who keeps everything spinning in the air
And makes the hard things look easy
Who's wonderful and strange and always there

Oh wait — that's you
(that's you)
(yes, that's you)
You're the only unicorn on this planet
(Only, only you)

Every morning down the bike lane
One wheel where there ought to be two
Past the people on their ten-speeds
Who don't know what to say to you
(don't know what to say to you)

Commuting on a unicycle
That's just how you start the day
(rolling, rolling on your way)
Briefcase and a cup of coffee
Pedaling the hard way

And at the restaurant you're juggling sugar packets
Three in the air above the table
The waiter doesn't know what's happening
And neither does the little silver jug of maple
(neither does the maple)

Some people drive a Subaru to work
Some people take the bus
But you show up on one wheel
Like it's obvious

(like it's obvious)

Commuting on a unicycle
That's just how you start the day
(rolling, rolling on your way)
One wheel through the morning traffic
Going the impossible way

And I love watching people's faces
When you pedal past the quad
Half of them are sure you're falling
Half of them are sure you're God
(half of them are sure you're God)

Commuting on a unicycle
That's just how you start the day
And I wouldn't have it any other way

I want to be your invisible white rabbit
Six feet tall and always by your side
The kind of friend that no one else can see
But you never have to hide

(never have to hide)

I'll be there at the restaurant
I'll be there at the store
You can always save a seat for me
'Cause I'm already at the door

(already at the door)

I tried being oh so smart for years
And smart just makes you right and makes you tired
But oh so pleasant is the way to go
And pleasant gets you warmer by the fire

(warmer by the fire)

I want to be your invisible white rabbit
I don't need to be seen by anyone but you
You can tell them I'm imaginary
But we both know that isn't true

(we both know that isn't true)

When the dictionary starts to talk to you
And it says let's go somewhere new
Just tell it I'm coming with you too
And we'll go wherever it wants us to

(wherever it wants us to)

I want to be your invisible white rabbit
Now and always, rain or shine
You don't ever have to look for me
I'm right here and always by your side

(by your side)

I recommend pleasant
(I recommend pleasant)
I recommend you

Because I prefer you
And I know, you prefer me too

Capybaras get along with everyone
A bird on their head and a cat on their back
Sitting in the water looking pleased with the world
Never met a friend they didn't have

(never met a friend they didn't have)

Capybaras get along with everyone
But I'm not a capybara
So I only get along with you

Pelicans try to eat everything they see
Doesn't matter if it fits inside their beak
They'll go after fish and pigeons and a shoe
Pelicans aren't picky in the least

(aren't picky in the least)

Pelicans try to eat everything they see
But I'm not a pelican
And you're the only one for me

A capybara's heart has room for all the world
A pelican just opens wide and tries
But I'm a little pickier than that
I've never got along with the world, even when I've tried

(even when I've tried)

Capybaras get along with everyone
And pelicans try to eat everything they see
But I'm not a capybara
And I'm not a pelican
So I only get along with you
And you're enough for me

(you're enough for me)

Curly ears that drag along the ground
Biggest brown eyes in any town
Always up for playing, always want to go
Tail going so fast that the whole back end follows

(the whole back end follows)

Do the Spaniel Bop
Do the Spaniel Bop
Ears go down and the paws go up
And you never ever ever ever stop

I always thought I was more of a cat person
Something dignified and cool and self-contained
But then a spaniel put its head right in my lap
And looked at me like I'd hung the rain

(like I'd hung the rain)

Do the Spaniel Bop
Do the Spaniel Bop
Ears go down and the paws go up
And you never ever ever ever stop

They're a little much, I know, they're way too sweet
Got no sense of boundaries or personal space
But a spaniel loves you like it's their whole job
And you can read it right across their face

(right across their face)

And maybe too sweet is just sweet enough
Maybe too much is the right amount of love

Do the Spaniel Bop
Do the Spaniel Bop
Ears go down and the paws go up
And you never ever ever ever stop

(bop bop bop)
(never stop)

Standing in the river like a cathedral
Water up around your knees and you don't mind
Antlers wide enough to hold the morning
Biggest thing in the forest you could ever find

(you could ever find)

And they're not particularly beautiful
They just stand there in the cold
Like something ancient, something simple
Something big and broad and bold

(big and broad and bold)

Moose
(moose, moo-oose)
How did something get so big and stay so gentle
Moose
(moose, moo-oose)
How did something get so strange and get so right

Walking through frozen rivers like they're hallways
Standing in snow like it was made them
Too big for every room you've ever walked in
But every room would be better, if it was the room where they'd begin

(better when they begin)

Moose
(moose, moo-oose)
How did something get so big and stay so gentle
Moose
(moose, moo-oose)
How did something get so strange and get so right

The world was not designed for something like a moose
Nothing fits, nothing's quite the proper size
But they just keep on standing in the water
With the whole sky reflected in their eyes

(reflected in their eyes)

Moose
(moo-oo-ooo-oose)

Ooooooh
(ooooooh)

(forty-forty-forty-forty-five)
(five, five, five)
(forty-five)

Forty days and forty nights
And five is all that a rabbit can count
(five is all that counts)

(forty, forty, forty-five)

Forty for forever
Five for all the world

Forty days and forty nights
And five is all that a rabbit can count

Aaaaaah
(aaaaaah)

So, if you please…

Forty-five biblical rabbits please
(forty-five biblical rabbits please)
(forty-five biblical rabbits please)

Ooooooh

It was late and everything was funny
It was late and you were there
(you were there)

Forty-five biblical rabbits please
(forty-five biblical rabbits please)

Please
(please)
(please)

One day is not enough for a birthday
A week is getting closer but it's still not right
A birthday ought to last at least a month
Thirty days and thirty nights

(thirty days and thirty nights)

And all I want for my birthday
Is for everyone to be happy
That's it, that's the whole list
Is everyone happy

(is everyone happy)

You don't have to get me anything
You don't have to wrap it up in bows
Just be happy for a little while
That's how a birthday's supposed to go

(that's how it's supposed to go)

Happy on my birthday
Happy on my birthday
Are you happy on my birthday
'Cause that's all I want to know

The moose is happy
(the moose is happy)
The capybara's happy
(everybody's happy)
The spaniel can't stop wagging
The rabbits — all forty-five
The invisible white rabbit's smiling
The unicorn showed up and it's you
And the foxes are together tonight
The purple one and the green one too

Happy on my birthday
Happy on my birthday
One day is not enough so we're going all month
Is everyone happy on my birthday

(is everyone happy)
(is everyone happy)
(is everyone happy)

Good