Boat Song - Ruby Throat

I turned my hips in butterfly red

My baby boy said I’m less in bed

And I’m going to marry you in butterfly red

And I’m going to sit (…) in my bed

I’m going to wake up and I way

Always to please, I’ll write back

But I (…) around my lace to pull on my back

And in the river wade and I wanted it so bad

And I’ll always come in his hand

And I with veiled horizons in my head

My baby boy is slipping from my bed

I’m going to marry you in butterfly red

Awake in a while

Away in a while

The sun get low and it’s late

Down we lie in our wake

The sunset breaks over my bed

She’s over my bed

I got my generous round in his head

Oh, the sweetest boy (…) in it red

And I’m going to marry you in butterfly red

And I with veiled horizons in my head

I’m going to marry you in butterfly red

And more than we could get out in his head

Go away (…) for a while

I saw her play a while

I’m going to marry you for a while

Alone again, rising, run a while

I got a mile, a second for my (…)

What I mean for you now

Siting on black

Siting on white

What a shame

Lord, I’m late