WORDS TO THE MUSIC
All I want is a butterfly I saw it dancing by the flowers Golden wings in morning light I grabbed my camera, hit the button Thought I caught it just right But the screen froze for a second Then it skipped ahead too far Now I've got three minutes of nothing And a blurry passing car All I want is a video of a butterfly Floating through the flowers underneath the summer sky But my camera's got a lag And my timing's always bad I press record, it flies away I press stop, it's coming back I don't need a masterpiece or footage from on high All I want is a video of a butterfly It landed softly on a daisy Spread its wings and held them still I whispered, don't you move a muscle Like I thought it really would The little red light finally started But the moment had gone wrong I filmed the stem without the butterfly For twenty seconds long All I want is a video of a butterfly Floating through the flowers underneath the summer sky But my camera's got a lag And my timing's always bad I press record, it flies away I press stop, it's coming back I don't need a masterpiece or footage from on high All I want is a video of a butterfly I've caught the wind, I've caught the grass A squirrel running way too fast My thumb, my shoe, a patch of sky But never that damn butterfly It waits until my screen goes black Then lands the second I turn back I swear that little thing can see Exactly when it's mocking me All I want is a video of a butterfly Not another empty flower with the subject passing by But my camera's got a lag And this butterfly's a brat When I'm ready, it disappears When I'm not, it just sits there Maybe someday I'll catch those wings Before they say goodbye All I want is a video Just one decent video Of that aggravating butterfly
