Butterfly

Story Behind The Song

The transience of all things

Song Length 3:53 Genre Folk - Alternative
Tempo Slow (71 - 90)

Lyrics

1. Butterfly, my sweetie-pie,
The apple of my eye;
Butterfly, please tell me why
Your destiny is to die.

So fleetingly you dance with me,
Be mine for evermore.
Yet none can flee the tyranny
Of nature's iron law.

Butterfly, my sweetie-pie,
The apple of my eye;
Butterfly, please don't deny
Me one last sweet goodbye!

2. Butterfly, my sweetie-pie,
The apple of my eye;
Butterfly, please tell me why
Your beauty makes me cry.

My soul's on fire, those wings conspire
With Gaia hand-in-glove.
My grieving heart salutes the art
Of my painted lady-love.

Butterfly, my sweetie-pie,
The apple of my eye;
Butterfly please don't deny
Me one last sweet goodbye!

3. Butterfly, my sweetie-pie,
The apple of my eye,
Butterfly, so soft so shy,
My lovely Lorelei.

Let thoughts take wing, let spirits sing
An old sweet lullaby.
Too soon 'tis time to close my rhyme
With an equinoctial sigh.

Butterfly, my sweetie.pie,
The apple of my eye,
Butterfly, please don't deny
Me one last sweet goodbye.

Words and music copyright © 2015 James Neilson Graham

Lyrics James Neilson Graham Music James Neilson Graham
Performance James Neilson Graham

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