Monarch Runaway

The dew on the grass shrinks in the morning
The sun moves its arms across the sky
The young monarch watches the gardener
She plants this rose a thousand times

Ohhh ohhh
The grass envies the rose
Ohhh ohhh
Who envies the butterfly

Winters come
The spring wind blows
I look out and watch him go
He's flyin' high, the monarch runaway
He goes on
Goes on

The drink in my glass shrinks in the evening
The moon moves its arms across the sky
The gravedigger buries the gardener
He moves this dirt a thousand times

Ohhh ohhh
The moon envies the Earth
Ohhh ohhh
Who envies the digger's life

Winters come
The spring wind blows
I look out and watch him go
He's flyin' high, the monarch runaway
He goes on
Goes on

Snow from the hill reaches for the sky
And runs to the river as the days go by

Winters come
The spring wind blows
I look out and watch him go
He's flyin' high, the monarch runaway
When the wings of change grow heavy one day
The monarch will have to stop and stay
For now he
Goes on, goes on