Monarch Butterfly
Words: Vic Zarley 2nd fret
Music: Andy Sandoval

I worked with a young man named Andy Sandoval at Alta Distributing in Salt Lake City. He and I used to go to his house after work and write songs. I'd write the lyrics, he'd write the music. One evening, while I was home, I suddenly got the urge to write the lyrics to this song about a butterfly. The next morning I handed the lyrics to Andy at work and asked him to write music for it. He read the lyrics and laughed and said, "Did you see the special they had on Monarch butterflies last night on TV?" I said I hadn't. Strange, isn't it, that I'd write a butterfly song on the night they were broadcasting a butterfly show. I'm not sure it is coincidence (especially since I don't believe in that). Anyway, I've always felt this song was about the things we fear. In truth, they are butterflies, one of the most innocent and peaceful creatures in this world. With Christ, no matter how big the problem is, we must not be fretful or on edge or even biting our lower lip about it. God is good, God is bigger than the problem and Christ will prevail against all the evil of the world and all the circumstances of our lives.  "'Cause when it really happens it's a monarch butterfly." 

C                           F              G                               C
A giant monarch butterfly fluttered through the skies
                              F                        G                     C
Blowing people’s hats off and the hair into their eyes
   F                     G                        C        ?      Am
Genetic mutilation caused this monster to arise
    G                  C                    F          G         C
Looking for a giant plant to taste before it dies

                            F
Chorus:	Butterfly, away from me
                            G                  C
		Butterfly, you see
                                   F                               G
		The breeze you make’s an inconvenience
                         C        ?     Am
		To my sanity
                                Dm                           F
		So butterfly, butterfly, butterfly
                          C       G           C
		Fly away from me

It lit atop a building and commenced to flap its wings
The wind knocked over billboards and so many other things
“We’ve got to call the Air Force--the butterfly’s in town!”
A citizen was heard to say before it blew him down (chorus)

Yes, monsters in the movies--monsters by the score
Scared the popcorn out of me so I went back for more
But all of it is fancy, yes, all of it’s a lie
‘Cause when it really happens it’s a monarch butterfly (chorus twice)