Name: Oh Butterfly, Do Not Yet Float Away
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: All proceeds to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity.

Oh Butterfly, Do Not Yet Float Away

from Butterfly - Single for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity by James Holt

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Butterfly, butterfly, please don't you float away,
On your flower you should stay,
At least for another day,

Butterfly, butterfly, your wings fan aside my tears,
Your soft flutter soothes my fears,
I've a storm-less mind when you are near,

You're as fair as the wind is free,
You're like mother and child,
Cast your arms towards me,
We'll be bounded and wild,

Butterfly, butterfly, please don't you depart,
Your search for love should never start,
You can occupy my empty heart,

Butterfly, butterfly, in me you do revive,
Times that are sadly not alive,
In my memories you dive,

You're as fair as the wind is free,
You're like mother and child,
Cast your arms towards me,
We'll be bounded and wild,

Butterfly, butterfly, when I'm deaf and when I'm blind,
You'll still linger in my mind,
And your glow will illuminate my sky,

Butterfly, butterfly, you say so much with little sound,
I know this is not your native ground,
And other gardens you are bound,

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from Butterfly - Single for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity, released July 15, 2016

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