Lady Butterfly Red

[Chorus]
Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge?
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
Let us both fly away from the regrets

Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
So let us both fly away from the regrets

[Verse 1]
One night on my long walk home
Passed by a house, neighborhood unknown
Could hear glass being thrown and yells, something overwhelming
Stepped forward on a dim lit trail
Then I opened the door
People shouting, think I heard her voice before
She had a long red dress with a slit in her chest
Cigarette between fingers, relieving the stress I guess
Her and spouse going at it
She calling him a lowlife, he calling her an addict
Spending all her money on them cancer sticks
And every dime he gets he gambles it
Our eyes connect, she takes a puff and states
“Our marriage in shambles, kid”
Prime example, kid
Slid her hands on his back and pushed him out the door
Saying, “I ain’t puttin’ up with your ish anymore”
“I ain’t puttin’ up with your ish anymore”

[Chorus]
Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge?
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
Let us both fly away from the regrets

Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
So let us both fly away from the regrets

[Verse 2]
Face to face, a frozen scene
Her eyes had no hope, broken dreams
Tears stream down her face with a smile
She said, “I ain’t cried in a while”
In spite of circumstances, she dances
Blows me a kiss, her secondary chances of love
Unsure if her heart’s in the right place
I take a second to think, at a polite pace
Angelic garments, devil red lipstick
So infatuating, hard to resist it
Accepted destiny, partially heavenly
A butterfly trapped in a cocoon
We carefully lock hands
Ran out the door, leaving behind our planet of doom
As we fly to the moon
Elevating, [?] a jazz tune
As we fly to the moon

Fly to the moon
Fly to the moon

[Chorus]
Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge?
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
Let us both fly away from the regrets

Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
So let us both fly away from the regrets

Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge?
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
So let us both fly away from the regrets

Lady butterfly red, can I help you off of the ledge
Can I wipe away any tear that you shed?
So let us both fly away from the regrets