Lyrics I Always Say Hello to a Flower - John Lithgow

I Always Say Hello to a Flower

Some people talk to each other
While others talk to their cats
Some people talk to their mothers
While others talk through their hats
I communicate with nature
With a plant, a leaf, a tree
And I’m always nice to a flower
For they’re absolutely perfect to me
I always say, 'Hello', to a flower
'Hello, hello, hello'
I totally ignore the crashing bore
Who lives next door
For his conversation’s silly
Yet I never stub a lily
I always say, 'Bonjour', to a lilac
'Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour'
I’m absolutely mute
With a bully in a suit
And I never talk a fruit
Have a nurse
But I always say, hello to a rose
Yes, I always wave at the window box
If the box is filled with hollyhocks
And I speak to the daisies
I think they are swell
Tell your secrets to a daisy
She’ll never tell
I always say, 'Hello', to a snow ball
'Hello, hello there, hello'
Look sideways at a stranger
And you put your life in danger
But one can kiss a sweet bouquet
A brushing bride has tossed away
Flowers are the sweetest things I know
So when I see a flower I say, 'Hello'
Higher synth
I never shrink away from a violet, oh, no
No, I say hello
I maybe off my rocker
But I never pep a cocker
Yet the dog would in the park
Will never ever bark
I’m always glad to see a gladiola
I’m just mad about the glad
You can stand next to a bush
And never feel one push
Flowers are refined and polite
You know I have never seen a Pansy fight
Yes, I talk to bees
And I talk to birds
But they leave me quite
At a loss for words
And I never touch a cat
While it sleeps on a pillow
But I pause a tibly trust
A pussy who willow
I always say, 'Hello', to a flower
'Hello, hello, hello'
Get friendly with a mouse
And he’ll hang around your house
But flowers never overstay
They stay there, then fade away
Flowers are the sweetest things I know
So when I see a flower I say, 'Hello'