Lovely and lively and loving, alive
Are you one or more of these things?
Will you be one, then another, then none
And awake, as another, when the morning bird sings?
Will you love and be loved, live, be alive?
Will you enjoy and eat what t'th'table life brings?
Shall you sleep and be merry, nary contrary,
Till lovely and sweetly that morning bird sings?
You need to hear, to heed not fear
Melody of necessity
Not lovely, not lively, unloved but alive
Please, please, stay just that last
Be alive and I'll help you be lovely
Promise lively and loved
Lift you weakly on sparrow wings
Clothe you in hand-me-downs of earthly kings
So every day you'll hear those things
When through me, to you the morning bird sings.