Story Behind The Song

Story about a woman who has been married for 40 years and has lived her life status-quo. Never really doing the things that she's wanted to do. She's like a butterfly, just waiting to fly.

Song Description

The woman in the song is like a caged butterfly... just waiting to fly.

Lyrics

WAITING TO FLY
WORDS AND MUSIC BY ROB BLANEY
©2000


As long as I've known him he's lived life by the numbers
Stores his memories in that ledger he keeps
Miles traveled, pennies come and gone
Number of minutes that the television's on

She likes baseball and singing in the choir
Spends Tuesday evenings at the symphony
Miles traveled are all part of the journey
And she really loves to fly

And she has butterfly coasters, and stickers on the windows
A butterfly bookmark in the Bible she reads
She likes to go with the Audubon Society to watch them in the sky
See, she's a butterfly just waiting to fly

Planning vacations is like planning for an audit
Charts and revisions, procedures, routines
Miles traveled are never a surprise
Map the location just to clarify

She like the ocean with its uncharted waters
Romantic sunsets and foreign cuisine
Miles traveled seem to multiply
And she really loves to fly

And she has butterfly t-shirts and candles on the table
Butterfly ornaments at Christmas time
Sometimes she stops to look out the kitchen window to watch them in the sky
Yeah, she's a butterfly just waiting to fly

And it's been forty years since they said their marriage vows
And I know she'll find her wings someday, but at least for now