Butterfly - The Wolfe Tones

Red as the leaf of the autumn tree

True was the love that was given to me

How deep is the ocean, how high is the sky?

Those that gain nothing are those who don’t try

I see the leaves in the bleak autumn sky

But where is my love, my butterfly?

White are the snowflakes that float in the wild

Chilling the stones and enlighten the mind

Hiding the truth and disguising a lie

The eagle’s gone swimming, the whale it will fly

Talk to the stones and reach out for the sky

But where are you now, my butterfly?

Yellow’s the colour of sunset in spring

Green are the pastures of hope it will bring

What now, my beauty, come set yourself free

For endless the road to eternity

Look to the future, the past is gone by

But I see you now, my butterfly

Blue is the sky where freedom abounds

Living a life by the old fairy mound

The fire, it is kissing the Earth from the Sun

And as we make love we’re together as one

Flipping and flopping in the great summer sky

Floating on high, my butterfly