A Coat Of Butterflies

There's a lighthouse on the water

Throwing light back at the shore

I heard your died trying to swim towards it

Now you're living on the river's floor

I heard the mighty Mississippi

Took you out with just one punch

I heard you had the voice of a sweetheart

But the sweetheart was out getting drunk

And hey man, have you heard Buckley

Singing hallelujah?

He did what Leonard never could to it

Gave it wings then away it was

Number two in England

And they say you're your daddy's son

But Jeff, if you're anything like me

You only care about America

Whеre you're always in someonе's wake

Or you're singing while you're sinking in sand

And the river's still from far away

But if you touch her, she will pull you in

'Cause she's violent and she's stubborn

And she's ugly but I love her

Goddamn

Goddamn

When I was young, love drunk, and dreaming

I'd dream of singing in some kingdom

And just like birds, my words would fly

And as they'd take flight then so would I

I feel like Valens on a Cessna

Flying through the fog

There's a lighthouse on the water

That's not a lighthouse, that's just Arkansas

Yeah, the sky can lift the river

And spread it out over the farm

Life's just one long day, babe

But I've been awake all day long

And I, one day too, plan to be king

Put some gloves on me

Oh, and put me in the ring

And oh, just to be a fighter

Big black boots strapped to my feet

To be so young but so tired

And still prettier than anything

Caterpillar in the winter

'Til wings come in the spring

'Til then, settle down in some shotgun shack

Where the wallpaper unlocks your dreams

And hey man, have you heard him sing

With a voice like a symphony weeps?