band : woodbox gang
album : born with a tail

butterfly

verse 1
D Bm D Bm
i’ve been a worm since i was born
D Bm D Bm
but i’ll change before i die
G A G A
someday soon i’ll come out of this cocoon
G A D
and turn into a butterfly

verse 2
grandpa drank mash and talked that trash
died in a coal mine blast
Daddy smoked crack talked straight smack
got a cap popped in his ass

verse 3
Daddy died and momma cried
on the shoulders of other men
i stayed home all alone
played with my imaginary friends

bridge
G
they’re pretty good guys who like to get high
D
it helped to stop the pain
G
one quick blast makes your heart beat so fast
E A
you feel the blood boiling in your veins

verse 4
my buddy vernon loved his bourbon
and everything else that burned
my girl ophelia only drank tequila
her favorite part was the worm

verse 5
we were playing by the tractor with an old firecracker
and a can of gasoline
there was one quick blast that burned all the grass
brightest thing that i had ever seen

verse 6
i saw my grandpappy flying behind my Daddy
they picked me up where i fell down
the field was burning ophelia and vernon
slithered back into the ground

verse 7
momma came running i tried to yell something
but my mouth couldn’t form the words
she didn’t see me up there so high in the air
with all the butterflies and the birds