Butterfly Fly Away

butterfly fly away

my life ended in red lights

a drunk man, asleep at the wheel

a brother, a best friend, a funeral

handfuls of dirt thrown on the casket

maybe a few tears

I thought I'd live a hundred years

a butterfly with blue wings

a mockingbird on a gravestone

what a beautiful song it sings

a song of misery and sorrow

a song like there's no tomorrow

a life ended in red lights

reincarnated as a butterfly