IT'S GOOD TO BE THE TOAST

It's better to be the toast than the butter!

What the heck does that mean?  In the lyrics from Larry Grossman's musical, SNOOPY, he explains in a "list" song:

Don't Be Anything Less

Don't be the leaf if you can be the tree,

Don't be the raindrop if you can be the sea.

'Cause a leaf may fall, but the tree remains.

It may never rain at all, but the sea remains -

Better to be the tree and the the sea.  See?

Don't be a cloud if you can be the sky,

Don't be a feather, Be a bird and fly.

Clouds roll by, but the sky rolls on,

and a bird can fly with a feather gone -

Be the bird and the sky and the tree and the deep blue sea...

Don't be anything less than you can be!

Don't be the sail if you can be the boat.

Don't be the lining if you can be the coat.

It may lose its sail, but a boat will float,

and a coat without a lining is still a coat - 

Better to be the boat and the coat.  Quote!

Don't be the stick if you can be the drum,

Don't be the sugar, be the plum, by gum.

You can break a stick but the drum will beat.

Without a sugar coat, Plums're good to eat -

Better to be the drum and the plum and the coat and the boat and the bird and the sky and the tree...and the deep blue sea.

Don't be anything less than ev'rything you can be!

Don't be the the "moo" if you can be the cow.

Don't be the furrow, if you can be the plow.

'Cause you can't get milk from a "moo" no way,

And the furrow's in a rut, but the plow's okay -

Better to be the cow and the plow!  Now,

Don't be the sting if you can be the bee,

Don't be the a two if you can be a three.

'Cause a sting can't make you a honey bun,

Take two from three and you still got one -

Better to be the three and a bee and a cow and a plow and a drum and a plum and a coat, boat, bird, sky, tree and the deep blue sea.  

Don't be anything less than ev'rything you can be!

Don't be the string if you can be the kite.

Don't be the darkness, if you can be the light.

Tho' you lose its string you can fly a kite,

but would anybody here fly a kite at night?

Better to be the kite and the light.  Right!

Don't be the tail if you can be the dog,

Don't be the bump if you can be the log.

He can wag his tail, but it can't wag "he",

A bump without a log isn't much to be - 

Better to be the dog and the log and the kite and the light and the tree and a bee and a cow and a plow and a drum and a plum and a coat and a boat and a bird and the sky and a tree and the deep blue sea!  

Don't be anything less than ev'rything you can be!

  

Copyright 1974 & 1976 by New York Times Music Corp.