I had nothing to say on christmas day

When you threw all your clothes on the floor

When you burned your hair and you knocked over the chair

I just tried to stay out of your way.

When you fell asleep with blood on your teeth

I just got into my car and drove away

Listen to me butterfly

There's only so much wine

That you can drink in one life

But it will never be enough

To save you from the bottom of your glass.

Where the state highway starts, I stopped my car

I got out and stared up at the stars

And as meteors died and shot across the sky

I just thought about your sad shining eyes.

When I went back for my clothes when the sun finally rose

Oh and you were still passed out on the floor

Listen to me butterfly

There's only so much wine

That you can drink in one life

But it will never be enough

To save you from the bottom of your glass.