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Butterflies
Toad the Wet Sprocket
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I saw something gigantic out on the water
I asked Jack for a nickel and he gave it to me
It was kind of misty
Couldn't be sure what it was and he never tells me anything
In time I will collect the world
The hearts and wings of butterflies
The man on top in an ugly car
And it flashed his lights at everything it saw
And his eyes were red and his stereo
Was so loud you couldn't hear the engine roar
He yelled at everybody in the room
And did not notice all the moths in massacre
Spread across the open road
The screen flashed open
All of a sudden there it was
I still couldn't tell
You know how when you get so close to something that big
You can't see anything at all
In time I will collect the world
The hearts and wings of butterflies
The moth had settled upon his arm
And he looked at it with a lazy eye
And he lifted up a gigantic can
And he spread his fingers towards the sky
He learned to smoke a moth to make it fly away
But moths are fragile things and he just wiped its body
He just wiped its body
He just wiped its body
And down across his shoulder, baby
He's a wanderer
He's a little bat-winged boy
Oh my darlings
He'll fill you with joy
In time I will collect the world
The hearts and limbs of butterflies
He ate yours
We were talking about those days
The jealous and the people
Who spend their lives in secret cells