"I saw something gigantic out on the water
I asked my dad for a nickel
He gave it to me
It was kind of misty
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
And 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
All of a sudden there it was
I still couldn't tell
You know how when you get so close
To something that big
You can't see anything at all..."
In time I will collect the world (You who soar over calvary)
The eggs and wings
I give my children
(Had you the wings 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 toward the sky
And he nudged the moth to make it fly away
But moths are fragile things
And 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
In time I will collect the world (You who soar over cavalry)
The hearts and limbs of (Had you the wings of)
Butterflies
