he got bad when she got mad

He lowered it one more time and she got even

No one heard a single word

But as the clock ticked from next door i could hear her breathing

I said "good morning mr. sun, now i would like you to meet my friend mr. bomb

(he has a house made out of butterflies)"

Well i can't sleep sometimes but i've been told

It's a lonely condition called growing old.

Let me stumble sometimes...



I'm looking for someone to cling to, yeah...

So what you think about that?

This time, well it all comes down

To loss and strain and butterflies,

And then it comes right down to me.



Hello, have you been alright?

Did you find a piece of something

Wrapped around the light side of your life

To make you feel better?

Did you get out with your sanity?

Did you save a little something for the people in need?

Did you know with the rain in your pockets, you can change the weather?



I'm looking for something to cling to, yeah

Girl, what you think about that?

Well this time, yeah it all comes down

To loss and strain and butterflies

Then it comes right down to me.

Well this time, this time, yeah it all comes down

To loss and strain and butterflies.

Hey yeah yeah, come on down to me...



Is this just the total for the wages of our sins?

Have you made yourself a victim in a game that you can't win?

And are we caving in?

Does it all begin with loss and strain and butterflies?

Does it come right down to me, anymore?

Yeah this time, maybe, does it all come down

To loss and strain and butterflies?

Hey yeah yeah, well...

Come on down to me.








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