Story Behind The Song
This is really a Folk-Psychedelic song that tells the tale of a female butterfly who convinces a beautiful woman to "trade places" by drinking a magic potions because the butterfly has fallen in love with the woman's lover.
A "trade" that has no reversing".
Song Description
This is really a Folk-Psychedelic song that tells the tale of a female butterfly who convinces a beautiful woman to "trade places" by drinking a magic potions because the butterfly has fallen in love with the woman's lover.
A "trade" that has no reversing
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Rock - Psychedelic, Rock - Psychedelic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Serene, Peaceful |
Subject |
Magic, Unrequited Love |
| Similar Artists |
Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1960 - 1969 |
| |
Lyrics
"Lady, Oh, Lady"
Lyrics and Music by Chet Nichols * Copyright 1969 by Chet Nichols/ Magic Garage Music (ASCAP)
chetnicholsmusic.com :: chet@chetnichols.net
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"A butterfly speaks with a beautiful lady and convinces her to trade places..."
Lady, oh, lady
Care for dreams of butterflies?
Give you the dreams
And their velvet wings
To wear you're hair
To know your heart
To love your lover
When the day gets dark
Would it be nice
To drop on
Every flower that you see?
Play with me
Come trade with me
Drink from the cup
Then lay back
You can see
You can see
And now that I am you
And you are me
Together and forever
That's the way it must be
The cup has no cure
That's part of its lure
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