Farewell Butterfly
©2003 Andrew Calhoun, recorded on Shadow of a Wing.
Down at the fountain of you think I think
Up on the mountain of me plus you
Down in the valley of the jolly green gyrating
Joseph and Josephine, red to blue
I'm on the hill with the will and the killer
I'm at the stage of recent death
I'm full of bull at the affable taffy-pull
Third on the list for president
Come raise a ruckus, out on the midway
Muckers and the truckers and the star struck fans
Bring your wispy little mystery wristbands
Your tribal bibles in your hands
Stir up the dirty little flirty little murdering
Death-trap love-trap, tangled wires
I'm on the intake outtake back-breakin'
Uptake, shake a hose to fight the fires
April showers leave May hanging
Out on the line with the noose for you
I'm number one and you're number one
And we're all number one where it's coming to
Sitting on the bed with the morning pay before
You leave with another lover tight in hand
It's rat-tail hope-chest, burning circles on your breast
Jimmy Carter's navel in a root beer can
Who's gonna stand up, who's gonna give up
Who's gonna throw up, who's gonna die
What are you afraid of, show us what you're made of
Pizza pie in a bright blue sky
Then it's road map, mud flap, hammer down and shut your trap
That'll get you nowhere, saddlesore
It's all a big joke where you gonna go to protest
Any old apple that you care to core
Go on baby, love little dickens
Your sweet love for a month or more
And then you're off to Hackensack, pony-tail, ruck-sack
Cool Appaloosa on a hotbed chore
I don't want it, you don't want it
Stamp it into blood and gore
Feel a little hot now take my temper
It's your same old same old nail in the floor
Say you're gonna miss me, turn aside to kiss me
Somebody list me up for sale
Tents in the backyard, oil gas and credit card
Be another good one if the crops don't fail
Back at the ranch of meanwhile any
Wear clothes that fit you right this time
Cause you're losing more waitin' for your money
Where churchyard bells begin to chime
Farewell butterfly, miss wavy gravy
Buttermilk, milktoast, millipede and then
It's a hello Hellfire elements of fond desire
Free your heavy heart and start again