Mid-Life Crisis Songs #35: Will I Ever Catch Another Butterfly?

No teaching at the moment, though I'm snowed under at work with admin. It's dull, but at least I get to put on my headphones and listen to some tunes while I'm doing it. I tend to create my own playlists on Google Music and then use the "radio" function to let google pick other songs that match that playlist. I've made some cool new discoveries that way and also heard some songs I haven't listened to in years.

Here's one of those... and when it came on my headphones I felt a little lump in my throat. By the last verse, I was wiping tears from my eyes. That's Mid-Life Crisis for you. Even the memory of the Muppets version couldn't staunch my tears.

Do you remember days

Not so very long ago

When the world was run by

People twice your size

And the days were full of laughter

And the nights were full of stars

And when you grew tired you

Could close your eyes...

And I wonder if the

Smell of mornings faded

What happened to the robin's

Song that sparkled in the sky?

Where's all the water gone

That tumbled down the stream?

Will I ever catch another butterfly?

Now I watch my son

He's playing with his toys

He's happy and I

Give him all I can

But I can't help feeling

Just a little tingly inside

When I hear him say

He wants to be a man

Sorry. Something in my eye.