Bobby Goldsboro 1976
from the album "Butterfly for Bucky"

BUTTERFLY FOR BUCKY

             
Buck was born 

              
on a beautiful

 
 morning
             
And I felt ver

      
y proud
              
Lets just say 

          
its not every 

day
              
That you see m

             
e cry out loud
              
Hair like Suns

              
hine, A smile 

      
as Warm
             
And the pretti

              
est eyes you'l

      
l find
              
One day last s

              
pring my lady 

   
and I
             
Found out thos

              
e eyes were bl

   
ind

CHORUS:
             
   Save a Butt

              
erfly for me d

  
addy
             
   They sound 

             
so pretty to m

    
e
              
   Tell me abo

              
ut the butterf

 
ly
             
    And all th

             
e things you s

    
ee

             
Well over ther

              
e Buck lies a 

           
beautiful mead

ow
              
With the color

             
s of gold and 

  
tan
              
With the smell

              
 of hay and th

              
e sound of cri

     
ckets
              
Here Buck, Tak

               
e my hand
              
And I wish you

              
 could see tha

                
t big oak tree
             
With its limbs

              
 reaching up t

       
o the sky
              
And a bed of f

              
lowers growing

           
 at its feet
             
And a Big Yell

          
ow Butterfly

             
Save a butterf

             
ly for me Dadd

y
             
Before they di

            
sappear
              
Save a butterf

              
ly for me Dadd


y
              
and on his che

           
ek was a tiny 

  
tear
             
So we packed u

              
p our bags our

            
 hopes and our

 dreams
             
And we all wen

              
t to town that

   
 day
              
I sneaked off 

              
to the hospita

       
l chapel
             
I got down on 

              
my knees and I

      
 prayed

             
Save a butterf

              
ly for my boy 

   
Lord
             
I sure need no

           
thing for me
             
Except an ange

              
l of joy to to

     
uch him
             
The way that h

                   
e's touched me

             
Now there are 

              
things in this

        
 universe
             
That we just d

              
on't understan

  
d
             
And through an

              
 open window c

           
ame a butterfl

y
             
to land on Buc

           
ks small hand
              
The doctors fa

              
ce was strange

     
ly white
             
As if it just 

         
couldn't be
              
But the light 

              
was in my boys

    
 face
              
Daddy he said,

                
 I can see

             
Save a Butterf

             
ly for us Buck

y
             
We're all so b

            
lind it seems
              
For we've not 

          
seen the magic
             
In the power o

            
f a little boy

    
s dreams