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Butterfly Lyrics

According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Crazy Town’s third single was written by Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer after his girlfriend heard the “male chauvinistic” songs the band was working on at… Read More [Chorus: Shifty Shellshock, Shifty Shellshock & Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar baby[Verse 1: Shifty Shellshock]Such a sexy, sexy pretty little thingFierce nipple pierce, you got me sprung with your tongue ringAnd I ain't gonna lie 'cause your loving gets me highSo to keep you by my side, there's nothing that I won't tryButterflies in her eyes and looks to killTime is passin', I'm askin', "Could this be real?"'Cause I can't sleep, I can't hold stillThe only thing I really know is she got sex appealI can feel, too much is never enoughYou're always there to lift me up when these times get roughI was lost, now I'm found ever since you've been aroundYou're the woman that I want, so yo, I'm puttin' it down[Chorus: Shifty Shellshock, Shifty Shellshock & Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyYou might also like[Verse 2: Shifty Shellshock]I don't deserve you unless it's some kind of hidden messageTo show me life is precious, then I guess it's trueBut to tell the truth, I really never knew 'til I met youSee, I was lost and confused, twisted and used upKnew a better life existed, but thought that I missed itMy lifestyle's wild, I was livin' like a wild childTrapped on a short leash, paroled the police filesSo yo, what's happenin' now?I see the sun breakin' down into dark cloudsAnd a vision of you standin' out in a crowd, so[Chorus: Shifty Shellshock, Shifty Shellshock & Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazy[Verse 3: Bret "Epic" Mazur]Hey sugar mama, come and dance with meThe smartest thing you ever did was take a chance with meWhatever tickles your fancyGirl, it's me and you like Sid and NancySo sexy, almost evilTalkin' 'bout butterflies in my headI used to think that happy endings were only in the books I readBut you made me feel alive when I was almost deadYou filled that empty space with the love I used to chaseAnd as far as I can see, it don't get better than thisSo butterfly, here is a song and it's sealed with a kissAnd a thank you, miss[Breakdown: Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come and dance with meCome and dance with meCome and dance with meSo come and dance with meUh-huh, uh-huh[Chorus: Shifty Shellshock, Shifty Shellshock & Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazyCome my lady, come-come my ladyYou're my butterfly, sugar babyCome my lady, you're my pretty babyI'll make your legs shake, you make me go crazy[Outro: Shifty Shellshock, Shifty Shellshock & Bret "Epic" Mazur]Come and dance with me (Yeah)Come and dance with meCome and dance with me (Yeah)Come and dance with me, uh-ha, uh-haCome and dance with me (Yeah)Come and dance with meCome and dance with me (Yeah)Come and dance with meCome and dance with me (Yeah)Come and dance with meCome and dance with meCome and dance with me19EmbedCancel

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According to The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Crazy Town’s third single was written by Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer after his girlfriend heard the “male chauvinistic” songs the band was working on at the time like “Lollipop Porn” and asked, “Is this what you’re like?” This inspired him to write something “sweet and nice to a girl I cared about.” Her personal collection of butterflies inspired the chorus' lyrics.

Musically, the song was based around a sample of the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Pretty Little Ditty”. They cleared the sample as a way to “stay true to [their] hip-hop roots and pay homage to a great band.”

The band’s first two singles did not chart and the band was on the verge of calling it quits after eight months of stressful, relentless touring. But after “Butterfly” was featured in the film Saving Silverman and on an episode of ER, the song began to cross over on to Top 40 radio. It debuted on the Hot 100 in January and topped the chart for two non-consecutive weeks in March/April of 2001 – later becoming the #29 song of the year.

Unfortunately, Crazy Town has not had another US hit, giving them the label of ‘one-hit wonder’ there. The track also reached the top 10 in several other countries.

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Seth “Shifty Shellshock” Binzer explains in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits:

We were writing songs like ‘Lollipop Porn’ when there was no girlfriend and all of a sudden I was in this relationship. I was in love and she was asking, ‘What’s up with all these lyrics? Is this what you’re like?’ So that made me come up with the concept of writing a song to her. Instead of writing a male chauvinistic song, I was going to write something sweet and nice to a girl I cared about. I was living with her and I’d started bringing home butterflies because she had a collection. I was thinking, what am I going to call this song and I’m lying on the bed looking at the ceiling and there’s a big butterfly hanging over me. I had the beginning of the hook and that’s all I had for a week. I was making a left onto Doheny off Santa Monica Boulevard and for some reason I said, ‘You’re my butterfly, sugar baby.’"

+6Who produced “Butterfly” by Crazy Town?When did Crazy Town release “Butterfly”?Who wrote “Butterfly” by Crazy Town?The Gift of Game (1999)Crazy Town

1. 1. Intro
2. 2. Toxic
3. 3. Think Fast
4. 4. Darkside
5. 5. Black Cloud
6. 6. Butterfly
7. 7. Only When I’m Drunk
8. 8. Hollywood Babylon
9. 9. Face the Music
10. 10. Lollipop Porn
11. 11. Revolving Door
12. 12. Players (Only Love You When They’re Playing)
13. 13. B-Boy 2000
14. 14. Outro www.crazytown.com
15. 15. Drunk Guy

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