Butterfly James

[Verse 1]
Make a wish, drop a coin in the well
Picked her up hitching to Chicago
Rucksack, skateboard, bashed up guitar
Back of the bar she dances slow
Spins and spins, lost in her headphones
A kiss that lasts the length of a distant song

[Verse 2]
Watching her sleep in the morning lights
Whispering dreams, no worry lines
Butterfly writes a song in the air no man can read
Sets down on a nest of red hair
Wings outspread open like a Bible
She taste of sweetcorn, jasmine, cardamom seeds

[Chorus]
Bye, bye butterfly
Beyond the glass, the open sky
Your time is brief, your impact fleetingly deep
Gone, gone, the moment's gone
Flipped a coin and then move on
Your time was brief, your impact deep

[Verse 3]
Spinner got hooked in the branch of an oak tree
Watching wind ripple through the wheat fields
She found him sleeping in a pile of dead leaves
Can't catch hold of a summer breeze
Hang your coat on a wave, on a sunbeam
She woke him up, he was asleep
Can't catch hold of the summer breeze
Hang your coat on a wave, on a sunbeam
She woke him up, he was asleep