Chris MacLean and The Song Kitchen Choir

Lyrics

Butterfly – copyright © Chris MacLean 1999 (SOCAN)

Used to think I had nothing to say
I was a butterfly in a jar
Locked away
Didn’t think I had the power to break free

You don’t know how I feel
If don’t show it
And you can’t possibly know what I’m thinking
But you think you know it

Used to think you could read my mind
And you expected me to read yours
Now I’ve locked you out
And I’m never gonna open the door

There’s a billion stars in the sky
You can tell, you can tell by the light

I had all these dreams
They got lost in the laundry, like socks
Or maybe they just faded away, faded away
Anyhow they were gone
Now my clothesline hangs heavy
With the colours in the warm summer light
And hey, hey look over there
There’s a butterfly

There’s a billion stars in the sky
You can tell, you can tell by the light
Even if you’re locked in the dark inside
Just follow the butterfly
Follow the butterfly, follow the butterfly
Follow the butterfly, follow the butterfly, the butterfly.