Dog & Butterfly

Rufus Wainwright:

There I was with the old man

Stranded again, so off I ran

A young world crashing around me

No possibilities of gettin' what I need

He looked at me and smiled, said:

"No, no, no, no child. See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air, he likes to fly"

Dog and butterfly, below he has to try

'Cause she roll back down to the warm, sweet ground laughin'

But she don't know why, she don't know why

Dog and butterfly

Heart:

I stumbled upon your secret place

Safe in the trees, you had tears on your face

Wrestling with your desires, frozen strangers were 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 has to try

And she roll back down to the warm soft ground

Laughing up to the sky, up to the sky

Dog and butterfly

Wainwright:

We're getting older, the world's getting colder

For the life of me I don't know the reasons why

Heart:

Maybe it's livin', making us give in

Hearts rolling in and taken back on the tide

We're balanced together, like ocean upon the sky

Wainwright & Heart:

Another night in this strange town

Moonlight holding me light as down

Voices of confusion inside of me

Keeps on beggin' to go back where I'm free

Feels like I'm through

But then the old man's words are true

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air, he likes to fly

Dog and butterfly, below she has to try

But she roll back down to the warm soft ground

With a little tear in her eye

She had to try, dog and butterfly

Up in the air, he likes to fly

Dog and butterfly, below she has to try

But 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