So Many Lives

When I was a caterpillar inching along I stared up at the sunshine all day long I fell for all the butterflies floating around I didn’t have a prayer boys, butterflies never look down It’s been so many lives just to find your eyes, babe you gotta let me in When I was a bumblebee, baby you were the queen They told me of your beauty, oh but I never did see I sang outside your window everyday as the sun went down I guess you were busy, oh you never came around It’s been so many lives just to find your eyes, babe you gotta let me in When I was a sperm whale swimming free I spent my lonely nights out in the cold Spanish sea They told me you were out there off the coast of Oregon I swam around the world babe, but I guess you were already gone It’s been so many lives just to find your eyes, babe you gotta let me in When I was a chimpanzee swinging from the vines I walked across the jungle just to sit down by your side But when I finally got there, there were too many on your arm I fell out of the tree singing “last time’s a charm” It’s been so many lives just to find your eyes, oh you gotta let me in It’s been so many lives, I tell you now’s our time, oh just let me in