Grandfather please stand on the shoulders of my father while he's deep-sea fishing

[00:07.99] I know they think, that it took somebody else

[00:12.48] To make me beautiful (Beautiful)

[00:18.64] As they intended me to be

[00:23.43] But they're wrong

[00:30.85] I know they think

[00:33.78] That it took thousands of people

[00:36.70] To put me together again

[00:39.64] Like an experiment

[00:42.84] Some big men behind the scenes

[00:46.54] Sewing Frankenstein black dreams into my songs

[00:51.58] But they're wrong

[00:54.52] God, if you're near me send me three white butterflies

[01:01.15] Or an owl to know you're listening, sitting while I'm drinking

[01:07.26] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[01:13.11] While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific

[01:21.35] 'Cause I'm good on spirit, warm-bodied

[01:25.33] A fallible deity wrapped up in white

[01:33.30] I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green

[01:37.31] Regrettably, also a white woman

[01:45.30] But I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

[01:57.25] If you don't believe me, my poetry or my melodies

[02:02.84] Feel it in your bones

[02:09.20] I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

[02:20.35] (Ah-ha-ah, yeah, ah-ha-ah, yeah, ah-ha-ah, yeah)

[02:33.68] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[02:40.06] While he's deep-sea fishing for all the things he's wishing

[02:46.45] God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

[02:52.02] Or a map to know Your vision, impart on me Your wisdom

[03:00.55] It took somebody else to make me beautiful

[03:06.65] Wonderful

[03:09.85] As they intended me to be

[03:15.19] But they're wrong

[03:45.65] Three white butterflies to know you're near