lyrics

katydid

what she did they won’t tell me

katy lies

underwater/fast asleep

fast asleep

dreaming deep

and are you fast enough to fly away

when the time for you comes?

are you still so young to take your wings

so close to the sun?

and when the wrecking ball finally comes for you

when the hour for you comes

will you go quiet or will you cry

that it’s not your time?

butterfly

flies in circles over me

butterflies

live a day/then they are free

then they’re free

she’s nothing to me

and are you fast enough to fly away

when the time for you comes?

are you still so young to take your wings

so close to the sun?

and when the wrecking ball finally comes for you

when the hour for you comes

will you go quiet or will you cry

that it’s not your time?

katydid

what she did they won’t tell me

katy lies

katy lies

and are you fast enough to fly away

when the time for you comes?

are you still so young to take your wings

so close to the sun?

and when the wrecking ball finally comes for you

when the hour for you comes

will you go quiet or will you cry

will you go quiet or will you cry

will you go quiet or will you cry

that it’s not your time?

story

Unbelievably, Katydid started life as a sprightly lullaby for small children. How it transmogrified into a somewhat morbid semi-raga I don’t know. Songwriting is weird that way.