there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth ain't that just a little bit too much like all our lives?
just on the other side of the glass the sky goes on forever just on the other side of the glass the sky goes on forever just on the other side of the glass the sky goes on forever so the little butterfly keeps on struggling to be free
people outside passing by on their way to here and there people outside passing by on their way to here and there people outside passing by on their way to here and there they don't notice, they don't see no little butterfly
you can flap your little wings, flap your wings forever you can flap your little wings, flap your wings forever you can flap your little wings, flap your wings forever but it's really only pure dumb luck that'll set you free
there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth there's a little butterfly trapped in a phone booth ain't that just a little bit too much like all our lives?