Malcolm McLaren - Madame Butterfly lyrics

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Madam Butterfly

From the opera "Madam Butterfly" by Puccini

Adapted by Malcolm McLaren and Robby Kilgore

Pinkerton:

Back in Nagasaki I got married to Cho Cho San

That was her name in those days

And I was her man

I'm going back to visit her

She got a problem

She got a little Cho Cho

Cho Cho San was her name

And this is her tale of woe

Take it away Cho Cho

Cho Cho San:

Today's the day when I see clear

A tiny thread of smoke appears

Where blue skies fall upon the ocean

And shake this staid emotion

All the while I sing this song

I see a dot on the horizon

Growing bigger every second

Gleaming white in my direction

Who on earth can it be

Coming up the path for me?

What on earth will he say?

Shall I run to him or run away?

Freaking out he's come to get me

My feet are stuck but just won't let me

Run to him do I dare?

Madam Butterfly don't blow it

Chorus

Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly

That's the name he used to give me

He's my man till the day I die

Oh sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly

She's waiting

He'll be back, I have faith in this love track

Pinkerton:

Pinkerton's the name

Lieutenant Colonel Pinkerton! sir

U.S. Navy

I'm a bounder

I married a Yankee girl

But I went back to visit old Japan

Where there she was, Cho Cho San

Cho Cho San:

Gotta have something to believe in

My white honkey, I do miss him

Someday soon he'll come around

Just to stop my nervous breakdown

Call me fool! Call me stupid!

Bend my arrow kill this cupid

Say it with me

He'll be back

I have faith in this love track

Pinkerton:

Cho Cho San

My little wife

My sweet butterfly

That's the name I'll give her

When I return

Chorus

Little sweet sweet Butterfly

I hear him crowing faintly

He thinks I'm just still sweet sixteen

I guess I'll tease him gently

Cho Cho San:

Calling Madam Butterfly

His angel plucked right from the sky

Hide my baby in mystic places

I feel the fear that I might die

Right in his arms and embraces

Softly kissing my eyelashes

Got no right no right to doubt it

Ain't no doubt no doubt about it

Call me fool! Call me stupid!

Bend this arrow kil this cupid

I have faith I'll always pray

My white honkey's here to stay

Chorus

Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly

Butterfly, Butterfly have no fear

I'll be back to wipe your tears

Oh sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly

She's waiting

I'll wait for him with unshakable faith

He'll be back