Songs About / On: BUTTERFLY

Sweet butterfly, don't be afraid~its only the wind come to break you
from this,
Your silvery crystal case~it' only a few months since we've seen you
As soon as you dry you'll be over my head,
Flutter alongside a blue moon~lady crush the bird of time read more »

Ya can fight it all out
Ya can figure and shout
To somebody who's in
At somebody who's out
I can turn myself in read more »

A paveway of graveyards, wetted by tears
reflecting the clouds that huddle together
the sky to protect from seeing the pain
Unbearable, my soul uproars, the sobs of thousands grind all thoughts
Clouds of cremated hopes swaying like butterflies but dead, grey and dead read more »

Kissing like a bandit stealing time
Underneath the sycamore tree
Cupid by the hour sends valentines
To my sweet lover and me
Slowely read more »

Riding on a big white butterfly
I turned my back away towards the sky
I closed my eyes to look for something
Saw myself as really nothing
Then I realised my butterfly
Wasn?t really up there with me
We all make mistakes, forgive me
Would you like to ride my butterfly read more »

Innocent, that’s my way
Don’t know where I am
Catch my breath, can’t think straight
Gotta make a plan read more »

-Words and Music by Bob Lind

You might wake up some mornin'
To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind
And if you're quick enough to rise
You'll catch a fleeting glimpse of someone's fading shadow
Out on the new horizon
You may see the floating motion of a distant pair of wings
And if the sleep has left your ears
You might hear footsteps running through an open meadow read more »

I’m feeling very moses like
You think that I could lead you?
Or humble, more like david
Would you help me cause I need you?
Or I’ll be charismatic
With the power to persuade you read more »

Took a walk to a caution scene
I guess I crossed the line somehow
And if I lost some of your hope
I’m sorry for the folly was all mine read more »

One butterfly spies a glint in his eye;
The birds sing as he cycles by.
Oh, why should he feel sad?
This world ain't so bad,
And besides - read more »