Chords with lyrics
Bobby Goldsboro 1976
from the album "Butterfly for Bucky"
BUTTERFLY FOR BUCKY
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Buck was born on a beautiful morning
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And I felt very proud
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Lets just say its not every day
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That you see me cry out loud
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Hair like Sunshine, A augmentedA smile as Warm
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And the prettiest eyes you'll find
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One day last spring my lady and I
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Found out those eyes were blind
CHORUS:
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Save a Butterfly for me daddy
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They sound so pretty to me
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Tell me about the butterfly
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And all the things you see
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Well over there Buck lies a beautiful meadow
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With the colors of gold and tan
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With the smell of hay and the sound of crickets
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Here Buck, Take my hand
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And I wish you could see that big oak tree
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With its limbs reaching up to the sky
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And a bed of flowers growing at its feet
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And a Big Yellow Butterfly
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Save a butterfly for me Daddy
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Before they disappear
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Save a butterfly for me Daddy
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and on his cheek was a tiny tear
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So we packed up our bags our hopes and our dreams
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And we all went to town that day
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I sneaked off to the hospital chapel
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I got down on my knees and I prayed
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Save a butterfly for my boy Lord
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I sure need nothing for me
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Except an angel of joy to touch him
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The way that he's touched me
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Now there are things in this universe
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That we just don't understand
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And through an open window came a butterfly
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to land on Bucks small hand
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The doctors face was strangely white
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As if it just couldn't be
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But the light was in my boys face
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Daddy he said, I can see
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Save a Butterfly for us Bucky
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We're all so blind it seems
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For we've not seen the magic
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In the power of a little boys dreams