Catch the butterfly

CATCH THE BUTTERFLY (D A D G B E)

 

I don’t want to catch the butterfly. Or snatch the clouds from a great big blue sky. Hold the sun like it is all mine.

I just want to sit and watch the day roll by. Be part of it and not need to know why. And there’s the butterfly right by my side.

And we can melt away. So the world has nothing to cling to. And we can let go of everything, too.

 

It’s the last you’d ever want to do. But it’s the first thing resort to.

Sometimes a bad song is the best song you can write. Sometimes a bad sleep is the only thing getting you through the night. Through the night.

But when the morning comes you can get up and write another one. You can rest in the warmth of the sun.

And you can melt away. They try to catch us but we always slip away.

It’s why I don’t want to catch the butterfly.

It’s why I don’t want to catch the butterfly.