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

[00:00.29] Three white butterflies to know you're near

[00:08.27] I know they think that it took somebody else

[00:13.37] To make me beautiful, beautiful

[00:19.79] As they intended me to be

[00:25.10] But they're wrong

[00:32.08] I know they think that it took thousands of people

[00:37.13] To put me together again like an experiment

[00:42.99] Some big man behind the scenes

[00:46.48] So I am Frankenstein, black dreams into my song

[00:52.06] But they're wrong

[00:56.35] God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

[01:01.40] Or an owl to know know you're listening, sitting while I'm drinking

[01:07.77] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[01:13.61] While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific

[01:22.38] 'Cause I'm good on spirit, warm-bodied

[01:25.58] A fallible deity wrapped up in white

[01:34.41] I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green

[01:37.60] Regrettably you're so a white woman

[01:46.10] But I have good intentions if even I'm one of the last ones

[01:57.80] If you don't believe me, my poetry and my melodies

[02:03.12] Feel it in your bones

[02:10.06] I have good intentions even if I'm one of the last ones

[02:22.82] Ah, yeah, ah, yeah, ah, yeah

[02:34.51] Grandfather, please stand on the shoulders of my father

[02:40.64] While he's deep-sea fishing for all the things he's wishing

[02:47.27] God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies

[02:52.35] Or a map to know you're fishing, impart on me your wisdom

[03:01.41] It took somebody else to make me beautiful

[03:07.56] Wonderful

[03:10.49] As they intended me to be

[03:15.82] But they're wrong

[03:46.86] Three white butterflies to know you're near