From the recording Bungalows and Broken Hearts

Lyrics

Back in the day, when Rosie went away and I married a bottle of booze,
I had a fine time drinking blackberry wine and dancing to the butterfly blues.
Butterfly, butterfly, dance on a flower, and then it’s goodbye.
My oh my how you make me high, my dancing butterfly.

Days go by with the wink of an eye and nights steal away with a sigh.
A memory can be an eternity on the wings of a butterfly.
Butterfly, butterfly, dance on a flower, and then it’s goodbye.
My oh my how you make me high, my dancing butterfly.

Skin like a cloud, a button nose, and eyes as blue as the sea,
hair like a mink, lips like a rose, and a heart that wasn’t for me.

Rosie left on a summer day, but she still makes me smile.
Don’t lose tears for love that went away. You had love for a while.

Stuff can seem nice, love is paradise, but happiness is nothing to lose.
Lie on the grass, look at the sky, find a butterfly, dance to the blues.
Butterfly, butterfly, dance on a flower, and then it’s goodbye.
My oh my how you make me high, my dancing butterfly,
my dancing butterfly, my dancing butterfly.