Mine are like the wings of a butterfly A dusty pair so, Don't you touch them or I'll never fly anywhere And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by Ever see the wings of a dragonfly? Paper-thin and cellophane And quickly broken like the will to live for a mind in pain And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by I cannot change what is and I cannot make it die But I can love with all my heart The wretches gone awry And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You know I can be rid of my time and the moon will always shine 'Cause he knows I need him to walk this vile and crooked line And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by And you can own all the light in the world and still be blind And lie and hide away from the people in the world and still be kind And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by I cannot change what is and I cannot make it die But I can love with all my heart The wretches gone awry And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by All I ask is you let me be to live like I do I'll never be part but someday I will pass on through And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You can pull the wings from a dragonfly And you can kill the flight of a butterfly But you can't harm me for I live with the freedom to decide And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You cannot change what is and You cannot make it die But you can love with all your heart The wretches gone awry Say You cannot change what is and You cannot make it die But you can love with all your heart The wretches gone awry Yes the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by
Song © 1984 - Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices, instruments and arrangements - Happy Rhodes
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