Wise words from the departingnEat your greens, especially broccolinRemember to say thank you for the things you haven't hadnBy working the soil we cultivate the skynWe embrace vegetable kingdomnThe death of your father, the death of your mothernIs something you prepare fornAll your lifenAll their lifennThose lines are repeated over and over with thenfollowing variationsnnThe death of the father and the death of the mothernWear sensible shoes and always say thank younEspecially for the things you never hadnIs something you prepare fornAll your lifenAll of your lifenAnd enter the vegetable kingdom of our own heavennBy working the soil we cultivate good mannersnIs to say please and thank younEspecially for the things you never hadnAnd always say thank younEspecially for broccoli