Written by Andrew McMahon
Intro: C# E A B C# C# It's a good year for a murder E B She's praying to Jesus, she's pulling the trigger C# C# There's no tears, cause he's not here E B She washes her hands and she fixes the dinner, C# B But soon they'll be coming to rush her away E B And no ones so sure if her crime had a reason A The reasons like seasons E They constantly change, C# And the seasons of last year B A Like reasons have floated away A C# Away with this spilled milk B A Away with this dirty dish water, away C# B Seventeen years and all that he gave was a daughter C# E B C# E "It's me and the moon," she says B C# E B "And I've got no trouble with that, C# E B but I am a butterfly, but you wouldn't let me die" A "It's me and the moon," she says C# C# And it's over, but just started E The blood stained the carpet B Her heart like a crystal C# C# She's lucid and departed E B A A life left behind, she can find in her mind gone away A C# Away with these nightmares B Away with suburbia A Shake down away A C# You marry a role and B You give up your soul till you break down C# E B C# E "It's me and the moon," she says B C# E B "And I've got no trouble with that, C# E B but I am a butterfly, but you wouldn't let me die" A "It's me and the moon," she says C# B E But what do you say we go for a ride? C# B A What do you say we get high? C# B A C# But I'm so tired of days that feel like the night C# E B C# E "It's me and the moon," she says B C# E B "And I've got no trouble with that, C# E B but I am a butterfly, but you wouldn't let me die" C# E B but I am a butterfly, but you wouldn't let me die" C# E B I am a butterfly C# E B I am a butterfly C# E B I am a butterfly" C# E B A B C#