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FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLY song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

see it fly see it fly
the butterfly
in the sky yellow and black
I had it right there in my hands
I had to let it go and then it
flew away
it may be never coming back
another day
I know it's no use now in crying
for the return of my butterfly

fly away fly away
my butterfly
search the flowers all the time
but of her colors cannot find
did she have to fly away
into the blue
she slipped away between my fingers
like a lie
like the love we had in springtime
like the loving that I thought I knew

see it fly see it fly see it fly in the sky butterfly
gravity yes I know
keeps me earthbound and I see
glass of wine
too much time
for regretting
what was mine to keep
is happiness out of sight
or am I trapped in endless night

it was a game that we would play
down by the bay
in the twilight of the day
her wings would beat back wind so wild
was she kidnapped by sirocco
afternoon
and will she ever find her way back home
I guess I'll never know
I walk the fields forever falling hoping
that she will come back to me soon

I tried the carnivals of moths
that fly in glooming
that sail forever neath the moon
and I wonder where are you
do you still remember me or
are you free
or does she fly in some strange land
far across the blue sea
I know it's no use now in crying
for the return my butterfly

see it fly see it fly see it fly in the sky butterfly
gravity keeps me earthbound
and I see what cannot be
glass of wine
too much time
for regretting
what was
mine to keep
is joy flown out of sight
or am I trapped
in endless night

or does she hide and laugh inside
I cannot guess
in her freedom and her pride
like the shadow of a smile
and will I ever
find again happiness
but in my mind
I am reminded of her beauty
in the silk embroidered flowers
on a pure white wedding dress


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