A blues from the point of view of an ant, caught up in the bizarre life cycle of the Large Blue Butterfly
lyrics
Large Blue Butterfly Blues
She woke up one mornin she spread her wings and flew away,
But when I saw how she had changed I shoulda known she'd never stay,
We were close but then she grew, she grew large and she grew blue,
Now she's gone I know I was only being used,
I got the large blue butterfly blues.
She was a lonely caterpillar and I was a hungry ant,
I met her one evening neath leaves of wild thyme plant,
Then the wild times ensued, and things got pretty rude,
Every time I tickled her she gave me sweet honeydew,
And I knew I'd be forever true to the butterfly blue.
I picked her up and took her home to the colony’s nest,
Where I tickled her for days 'cause the fluid she secretes it tastes the best,
But then it started going wrong when her sweetness was all gone,
She hibernated, then she waked and ate our babies, and our spawn,
But I still kept hanging on to the Butterfly blue.
She wrapped herself in a cocoon and hid herself away,
And she finally emerged on that sad and fateful day,
I escorted her outside, I'd been taken for a ride
She just needed my protection before she just up and flied,
So I cried how I cried for my butterfly blue.
credits
from Science Songs 2,
released August 21, 2012
Produced by Jay Enticknap
