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I know they think
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That it took somebody else
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To make me beautiful
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Beautiful
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As they intended me to be
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But they're wrong
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I know they think
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That it took thousands of people
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To put me together again
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Like an experiment
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Some big man behind the scenes
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Sewing Frankenstein black dreams into my songs
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But they're wrong
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God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies
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Or an owl to know you're listening
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Sitting while I'm drinking
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Grandfather, please stand, on the shoulders of my father
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While he's deep-sea fishing for sharks in the Pacific
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'Cause I'm good in spirit, warm body
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A fallible deity wrapped up in white
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I'm folk, I'm jazz, I'm blue, I'm green
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Regrettably, also a white woman
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But I have good intentions, even if I'm one of the last ones
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If you don't believe me, my poetry or my melodies
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Feel it in your bones
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I have good intentions, even if I'm one of the last ones
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Ah-ha-ah, yeah, ah-ha-ah, yeah, ah-ha-ah, yeah
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Grandfather, please, stand on the shoulders of my father
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While he's deep-sea fishing for all the things he's wishing
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God, if you're near me, send me three white butterflies
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Or a map to know your vision, impart on me your wisdom
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It took somebody else to make me beautiful
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Wonderful
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As they intended me to be
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But they're wrong
Three white butterflies to know you're near