I Meant To Do My Work Today (A Day In The Country) lyrics

The brown bird sang in the apple tree
I know that's why ....
And a butterfly flittered accross the field
And all the leaves were calling me
And the buttercups nodded their smiling heads
Greeting the bees who came to call
And I asked the lizard the time of day....."
And the wind went sighing over the land,
Tossing the grasses to and fro,
And a rainbow held out its shining hand•
So what could I do but laugh and go?
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/e/elton_john/i_meant_to_do_my_work_today_a_day_in_the_country.html ]