Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo) Songtext

von Malcom McLaren

Back in Nagasaki,I got married Cho Cho San.that was her name
Back 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

Today's the day I see clear,a tiny thread of smoke appears
Where blue skies border on the ocean and a ship is set in motion
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 and just won't let me
Run to him do I dare,Madame Butterfly,don't blow it

Calling Butterfly,Madame Butterfly
That's the name he used to give me,he's my man 'til 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's the name,Lieutnant 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

Gotta have something to believe in,my white honky,I do miss him
Someday soon he'll come around just to stop my nervous breakdown
Call me fool!Call me stupid!Bend this arrow,kill this cupid
Say it with me,he'll be back,I have faith in this love track

Calling Butterfly,Madame Butterfly,...
Little sweet,sweet Butterfly,I hear him crowing faintly
Thinks I'm still just sweet sixteen,I guess I tease him gently
Calling Madame Butterfly,his angel plugged right from the sky
Hide my baby in strange places,I feel the fear that I might die

Right in his arms and his 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,kill this cupid
I have faith I'll always pray my white honky's here to stay

Call me Butterfly,Madame Butterfly
Butterfly,Butterfly,have no fear,I'll be back to wipe your tears
Oh,sweet Butterfly,so sweet Butterfly,she's waiting
I will wait for him unshakable faith.He'll be back - He'll be back.