Butterfly

(clarke / hicks / nash)
He rides on his horse and cart, charlie does.
Working from six until nine.
Collecting old rags and used bicycles,
Old iron of description of any kind.

Here comes charlie, charlie the ragman.
Throw out your old clothes for charlie and fred.
Earning a living off things we've discarded.
Earning enough for the board and the bed.

You hear him shout "rags and old iron."
Everyone knows him that way.
Once a week, they come 'round calling.
How long it's been, i can't say.

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They live all alone in a hovel.
He puts his money away.
Taking enough to just live on,
And at the end of the day
He's saving enough
To put fred out to graze.

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Has anyone seen charlie lately?
Charlie just ain't been around.
Everyone's seen fred is grazing,
Chewing the grass from the ground.

Children say charlie is happy
Giving balloons to the angels instead.
Where is charlie, charlie the ragman?
Don't throw your clothes out.

(clarke / hicks / nash)
Days of yellow saffron.
Nights with purple skies.
Melting in the sunbeams
From my maker's eyes.

Mountain-colored lilac
In the distant haze.
I would like to lie here,
Timing all my days

Move past my window,
Sunshine is shimmering
Jack-o-lanterns glimmering,
Giant moths are flickering around.

See, the moon is hiding
Underneath the sea.
Pretty soon he'll venture
To take a look at me.

So i humbly stand here
Beneath his golden glow.
Doesn't he remind me
Of somebody i know?

I must be leaving,
Back to reality.
Don't you just pity me?
I could so easily stay here.

(clarke / hicks / nash)
When sand's close at hand
And the sea is touching me,
I feel much happier
Than i've ever felt. and a long time goes by
And i'm floating in the sky.
And i wish you could be,
Wish you could be here.

And if you're free, follow me
Throw a pebble in my sea.
The sun will wrap you up
In a pool of gold, and lights in the night
In the night reaching neon waves of sight.

But
I wish you could be,
Wish you could be,
Wish you could be here.

The sun, the sand, the sea are waiting
On the corner. take a trip out here.
Hustle, bustle, shove and fuss
Will greet you if you stay there.
I'm without a care.

Fresh fruit and sea fish,
Are in abundance here.
But they don't allow
The natives at your door
Selling booze
Smuggled from another shore.

And
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Postcard, postcard, postcard.

(clarke / hicks / nash)
I couldn't leave you if i tried.
There would be no place i could hide
Away away away from you.

When we are walking hand-in-hand,
Throwing a shell across the sand.
It's grand, so grand, to hold your hand.

Nobody there except the two of us,
Diggin' what we see.
Wouldn't it be so nice to drag your feet
In the edge of the sea?

So we are staying where we are.
All of our problems seem so far
Away away away away.

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Verse 3

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Verse 3

Away away away ...

(clarke / hicks / nash)
Don't laugh in my face.
You're making me feel small.
I'm all rags wrapped in lace.
Compared with you i'm nothing.

Would you believe i'm in love with you?
Would you believe i'm in love,
And i can't help myself?

I once tried to touch you,
But i could never reach your height.
You're way above me.
It seems so useless somehow.

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Wandering around
With this maddening obsession you have over me.
Just wandering around,
Oblivious to everything that's going on.
One thought in my mind
Keeps pounding through my brain.

I've got to make you see how i love you.
My life is yours; i live for you,
And i can't help myself.

Chorus

Would you believe i'm in love with you?
Would you believe i'm in love?
Would you believe i'm in love with you?
Would you believe i'm in love?

(clarke / hicks / nash)
On top of a hill is a nice place to be at,
Diggin' the country for miles around.
Watchin' the people like ants on a hillside,
Running around, running around.

So far below me i see the confusion,
Small-minded men with their small-minded wives.
If they could see themselves where i am standing,
They'd alter their lives, alter their lives.

And i'm so high up i touch the sky.
And i'm so high up i touch the sky.
Climb up here, jump up here,
Skip up, or run up.
Get up here somehow 'cos you'll find your head.
Finally finding the level you're after.
Ego is dead. ego is dead.

And i'm so high up i touch the sky.
And i'm so high up i touch the sky.

Wish they'd start using the path of tomorrow.
There's only way up and one way down.
Decide for yourself on the path you'll be taking
When you look down, down and around.

And i'm so high up i touch the sky ...