Butterfly Bomb

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Taken from the album 'Lahayna' by Lahayna released 20/11/2017

Recorded at The Way studio, Hackney
Engineered by Luke Buttery
Produced by Luke Buttery & Lahayna

Artwork by C Church based on an original design by S Roper.

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‘Butterfly Bomb’

Papa broke her
She was young
Dragged up from the bottom rung
Working for tricks
Out in the desert sun

‘Ginia City
Bar and dice
Lizard king spies a butterfly
Fell in the red
Broke the bed that night

You know they'll live to die Under a John Wayne sky

Butterfly bomb
She’ll be long gone
Fly off into the sun
Little Butterfly bomb
Fly alone
Just keep on keeping on

Lady luck
Gonna shine?
Rolled up another two snake eyes
Old Black Jake
Took his own fate for pride

His soul rests on high Up in a John Wayne sky

Butterfly bomb
She’ll be long gone
Fly off into the sun
Little Butterfly bomb
Fly alone
Just keep on keeping on
Butterfly bomb
Oohh you just keep on keeping on

Butterfly bomb
She means no wrong
Little butterfly bomb oohh
You know they’ll live to die
Under a John Wayne sky

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from Lahayna, released November 20, 2017
Written by C Church & M Edun

Performed by Lahayna (J Ullman, M Edun, C Church, R Littlebury)

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