Butterflies

(Well, I saw something gigantic out on the water)
 (I asked my dad for a nickel)
 (He gave it me on this pedal mistake)
 (I couldn't be sure what it was)
 (And, of course, he wouldn't tell me)
 In time, I will
 Collect the world
 The eggs (I love) and wings (the wings)
 Of butterflies
 A man drove up in an ugly car
 And he flashed his lights at everything he saw
 And his eyes were red and his stereo was so loud
 You couldn't hear the engine's roar
 He yelled at everybody in the road
 And did not notice all the moths he'd massacred
 Spread across the open road
 (His skin flashed open)
 (And all of a sudden there it was)
 (And I still couldn't tell)
 (And you know how when you get so close to something that big)
 (You can't see anything at all)
 In time (you)
 I will (who soar)
 Collect the world (o'er Calvary)
 The eggs (I give)
 And limbs (my children)
 Of butterflies
 A moth had settled upon his arm
 And he looked at it with a lazy eye
 And he lifted up a gigantic hand
 And he spread his fingers towards the sky
 He nudged the 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 down across his shoulder blade
 He's a wonder
 He's a little black-wing boy
 Oh, my daughters
 He'll fill you with joy
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 In time (you)
 I will (who soar)
 Collect the world (o'er Calvary)
 The hearts (and the) (oh, father)
 And limbs (the wings I offer) of butterflies
 The egg
 The, oh