Butterfly Machine

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Verse

I built a butterfly machine from an alarm clock and a kite
Half a mile of copper wire and a jar of borrowed light
And it hummed like a hummingbird humming a hymn in the hall
While the wallpaper flowers were learning to crawl up the wall

Pre-Chorus

So I flipped the little switch and the kitchen came alive
Every teaspoon took a wing and the toaster learned to dive

Chorus

Fly, fly, little dizzy dynamo
Lift the linoleum, let the living room go
I'm a flicker, I'm a flutter, I'm a stutter in the beam
Come and catch me in the clatter of my butterfly machine

Verse

Now the ceiling is a canopy of paper and of tin
And the cat is an astronaut, she's grinning like a grin
I'm a bad little engineer with a very good idea
And the neighbors are complaining that the sky is much too near

Pre-Chorus

So I oiled the little gears and I whispered to the wings
And the whole entire Tuesday started doing lovely things

Chorus

Fly, fly, little dizzy dynamo
Lift the linoleum, let the living room go
I'm a flicker, I'm a flutter, I'm a stutter in the beam
Come and catch me in the clatter of my butterfly machine

Bridge

If it breaks, if it burns, if it barely gets an inch
I'll be laughing in the rafters with my fingers in a pinch
Because everything that's ever flown was foolish at the start
And a moth is just a rumor of a bigger, brighter heart

Chorus

Fly, fly, little dizzy dynamo
Lift the linoleum, let the living room go
I'm a flicker, I'm a flutter, I'm a stutter in the beam
Come and catch me in the clatter of my butterfly machine

Outro

Oh, the clatter, oh the clatter of my butterfly machine