A young world crashing around me
no possibilities of getting what I need
He looked at me and smiled
said, "No no no no no child."
See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly
Below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
Laughing, she don't know why
She don't know why
Dog and butterfly
Well I stumbled upon your secret place.
Safe in the trees you had tears on your face
Wrestling with your desires
frozen strangers stealing your fires
The message hit my mind
Only words that I could find
See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly
Below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
Laughing to the sky
Up to the sky
Dog and butterfly
We're getting older,
the world's getting colder
For the life of me,
I don't know the reason why
Maybe it's living, making us give in
Hearts rolling in, taken back on the tide
We're balanced together, ocean upon the sky
Another night in a strange town
Moonlight holding me light as down
Voice of confusion inside of me
begging to go back where I'm free
Feels like I'm through
Then the old man's words are true
See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly
Below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
with a little tear in her eye
She had to try...she had to try
Dog and butterfly
(c)1979, 1979 Wilsongs, Know Music, ASCAP
