[Intro]

Three white butterflies to know you're near

[Verse]

I know they think that it took somebody else

To make me beautiful, beautiful

As they intended me to be

But they're wrong

I know they think that it took thousands of people

To put me together again like an experiment

Some big men behind the scenes

Sewing Frankenstein black dreams into my songs

But they're wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

God, if you'rе near me, send mе three white butterflies

Or an owl to know you're listening, sitting while I'm drinking

[Chorus]

Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific

[Bridge]

'Cause I'm good in spirit, warm-bodied

A fallible deity wrapped up in white

I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green

Regrettably, also a white woman

But I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

If you don't believe me, my poetry, or my melodies

Feel it in your bones

I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

(Ah, yeah, ah, yeah, ah, yeah, oh)

[Chorus]

Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

While he's deep-sea fishing for all the things he's wishing

God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

Or a map to know your vision, impart on me your wisdom

[Post-Chorus]

It took somebody else to make me beautiful, wonderful

As they intended me to be

But they're wrong

[Outro]

Three white butterflies to know you're near