Procol Harum - Butterfly Boys Lyrics

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"Butterfly Boys"

They tell us that we're savages who haven't got a hope
We're burning in the furnaces
We're choking at the smoke
They say we haven't got a choice
Refuse to recognize our voice
Yet they enjoy commissions, from the proceeds of the joke

Those butterfly boys at play with their toys
Stinging like bees
Itching like fleas
Butterfly boys, you got the toys
You got the breeze
We caught the freeze
Butterfly boys give us a break
We got the groceries you, got the cake

They tell us that we're savages
Who cannot understand
We're sailing on a sinking ship
We're swimming in the sand
They put their fingers in their ears
Refuse to recognize our fears
And fly off to Jamaica
When we call them underhand

Those butterfly boys at play with their toys
Stinging like bees
Itching like fleas
Butterfly boys, you got the toys
You got the breeze
We caught the freeze
Butterfly boys give us a break
We got the groceries you, got the cake

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Writer(s): Keith Reid, Gary Brooker

album: "Exotic Birds And Fruit" (1974)

Procol Harum - Exotic Birds And Fruit album cover

Nothing But The Truth

Beyond The Pale

As Strong As Samson

The Idol

The Thin End Of The Wedge

(Reissue Bonus Track)

The Blue Danube

(Instrumental)

album: "The Long Goodbye" (1995)

A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Repent Walpurgis

(Instrumental)

(You Can't) Turn Back The Page

Strangers In Space

Butterfly Boys

The Long Goodbye

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