Lyrics of the butterfly ball and the grasshopper's feast.
Get Ready
Wake up wake up, it's time to get up, the sun is shining
Now's the day we've all been waiting for
Hurry hurry
Don't be lazy, stop your dreaming
Here's a dream come true that you can keep for evermore.
Get ready, get ready, get ready now!
Bats and badgers, gnats and gadflies, waterboat men,
Wake up for the greatest day of all
Ants and dormice open your eyes, mobilize now!
Get yourselves together for the feast and for the ball
Saffron Dormouse And Lizzy Bee
Saffron Dormouse:
Pots and pans all spick and span,hanging there in a tidy row,
careful Tom don't scuff up the floor, please don't make me scrub it again today, we're on our way to the ball.
Lizzy Bee:
All day long I'm working like a slave but you'll never hear me complain,in the sunshine or the rain.
Saffron Dormouse:
I've been asleep all Winter and now the spring is here, it's time for you to hear my song.
Lizzy Bee: (hope it's not too long.)
Saffron Dormouse:
Every room is clean and bright now we'd better be on our way,
Tom make sure you've got everything, lock the door and give me the key,
let's go to see the show at the ball.
Lizzy Bee:
Back to work tomorrow, but tonight going to eat and dance 'till I fall, at the feast and at the ball.
Harlequin Hare
I'm Harlequin Hare, I haven't got a care, I'm going to the ball.
Bang on your drum, tell everyone come, come all.
And part of my style, is making you all smile.
There's Nathaniel Gnat, in his cavalier hat, and a twinkle in his eye.
By the light of the moon the ladies all swoon and sigh.
And part of his style is making them all smile.
Grasshopper goes wherever his nose will tell him to go.
Fancy and free and letting his feelings show.
And oh what a sigh there'll be at the ball tonight.
Old Blind Mole
Old Blind Mole, it's home sweet home down in his hole
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you.
Old Blind Mole, he don't need gasoline or coal
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you.
Self contained, always been the same, obeys no rule,
Nobody's fool (he's so cool).
Old Blind Mole, he never robbed and he never stole
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you
No Solution
Don't start complaining now, the damage is done and you know how,
don't make a fuss you're not so bad, if you don't want to look so sad.
Don't drink the water, it's bad for you
Don't drink the water, it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
I don't mind if you don't care about your house or what you wear but these times affect us all, whether you hop or fly or crawl.
Don't drink the water, it's bad for you
Don't drink the water, it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
There's a way to make it clean, it doesn't have to be a dream,
what was once can be again
I know how but I don't know when.
Don't drink the water,it's bad for you
Don't drink the water,it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
Behind The Smile
Behind the smile the stranger lies, beware of what is in his eyes, looks like fun but he's after you.
It's not so funny what that smile can do.
Behind the smile there lies a face filled with cunning but he's full of grace,
comes on friendly but he's deadly too,beware or he'll take care of you.
An innocence so well rehearsed and so naive that's all you ever see
Behind the smile you cannot see
Lies another full of mystery
Don't be fooled by that friendly grin, the jaws of death are going to call you in.
Fly Away
It's hard to tell you why you'll have to wait and see your wings will grow
and then you'll know the joy of being free, to float upon the air and drift along the breeze, you'll greet a friend, then rise again so high above the trees.
And I can show you how but you'll have to make your own way.
Patience now, tomorrow you can fly away.
Heartbreakers all when you arrive at the Ball.
Oh how you sway, you're going to steal hearts away.
I know it's not so bad for I was once like you, enjoy yourself, there's nothing else, that you can say or do, a most of all be calm, be beautiful and shy, your time will come and like the sun, you'll reach up to the sky.
Aranea
Oh Aranea, you're so divine
It's hard to take my eyes of you, you really shine.
Oh Aranea, you seem so wise and every time I look into your spider eyes,
my hopeful heart just flies.
Time is flying too, so brush your hair and lace your shoe
You know the ball won't wait for you tonight.
Oh Aranea, you're proud and tall.
When you descend on silken threads down to the Ball,
you'll look the best of them all.
Sitting In A Dream
I'm just passing time before the ball, playing my guitar
I don't have to be where I don't want to be at all, maybe I'll go far going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Sitting in a landscape full of sighs, dream away the day, making up a tune about the blueness of the skies,this is where I'll stay,
going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Watching as a red and white balloon sails across my mind, in between the images that drift along my tune, smile as they unwind
going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Waiting
I'm waiting her for something good to come my way and I've been waiting patiently all day.
The sunshine begins to stretch across the sky, I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
People that are restless, moving here and there, somehow they seem to go nowhere.
So I remain and watch the world go by, I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
I don't know what I'm waiting for but that's all right.
Every thing I need is in my sight.
I'm free as every kingfisher should beand I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
Sir Maximus Mouse
He sits in seclusion, will take no intrusion into his world, they all bow their faces, from men in high places to the office girl.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house bought with pieces of paper,
if a deal's up for grabs, or there's cash to be had he's the taker.
He's facing a crisis, a drop in cheese prices force him to sell, playing with other lives, he makes sure that he survives, they can go to hell.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house that he bought from the Devil
If they question his shares, then his books will show they're on the level.
With luxury living his charity giving is a clever scheme, enormous donations,
help public relations foster the dream.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house that could pass for a palace,
like a fortress in which, like a demon or witch he can vanish!
Together Again
I can't recall, if there's a ball, should we be there?
It seems to me, we ought to be, with someone somewhere.
But give us another and pardon me brother for laughing
It's good to be back together again.
The feeling's good but I know I should be going from here
But give us another
Say where you going brother without me?
I'm glad that we were together again.
Watch Out For The Bat
Watch out for the Bat now or that'll be that now, the price you will pay is dear,
don't be ashamed to fear,that is what makes you care,makes you beware.
Don't worry about it, you'll find you're without it,the Bat's going to take your life, he's going to take your wife, the Bat's going to make you plead,
make you bleed.
So make no mistake there,you'll end up as steak (rare)
so always be on your guard, for this life is hard, death is a breath away,
every day.
Little Chalk Blue
There's no one here that feels no pain,deep inside we're all the same
and when the light begins to end, we meet a friend
Some people symbolize the hope and fears beyond our eyes and now you shine so clear and true,believe in you
Fly on, little chalk blue, fly on, I'm following you
and everybody in the world is following too, fly on
When you're looked behind a door, you need your freedom there much more
and by your wings we'll learn to see, you hold the key
Fly on, little chalk blue, fly on, I'm following you and everybody in the world,
is following too, following you, fly on
Love Is All
Everybody's got to live together, all the people got to understand,
love your neighbour like you love your brother, come and join the band.
All you need is love and understanding, ring the bell and let the people know
we're so happy and we're celebratin', let your feelings show.
Love is all, love is all, can't you hear the call
Love is all you need, love is all you need at the Butterfly Ball
Ain't you happy that we're all together, at the Ball in nature's countryside
and although we're wearing different faces, nobody wants to hide.
Love is all and all is love and it's easy yes it's so easy, at the Butterfly Ball where love is all and it's easy.
All you need is love and understanding ring the bell and let the people know,
we're so happy and we're celebratin', let your feelings show.
Love is all yes love is all at the Butterfly Ball
Love is big love is small, love is free love is all, at the Butterfly Ball.
When your back's to the wall, when you're starting to fall,
you get something to lean on
Love is everything, it can make you sing at the Butterfly Ball
Love is all love is all love is all.
Homeward
Now the Ball is over, it's time to get back home
I need a star to guide me, I'm feeling so alone, feeling so alone.
Morning mustn't find me, sleeping in the sun, now the dawn is breaking,
a new day just begun, new day just begun.
Glow worm lightning, darkness fighting, guiding one and all.
homeward going, moving, flowing, homeward from the Ball.
Wings are sadly folding, here comes another day, oh I'd like to stay for ever
and dance the night away, oh dance the night away.
Wake up wake up, it's time to get up, the sun is shining
Now's the day we've all been waiting for
Hurry hurry
Don't be lazy, stop your dreaming
Here's a dream come true that you can keep for evermore.
Get ready, get ready, get ready now!
Bats and badgers, gnats and gadflies, waterboat men,
Wake up for the greatest day of all
Ants and dormice open your eyes, mobilize now!
Get yourselves together for the feast and for the ball
Saffron Dormouse And Lizzy Bee
Saffron Dormouse:
Pots and pans all spick and span,hanging there in a tidy row,
careful Tom don't scuff up the floor, please don't make me scrub it again today, we're on our way to the ball.
Lizzy Bee:
All day long I'm working like a slave but you'll never hear me complain,in the sunshine or the rain.
Saffron Dormouse:
I've been asleep all Winter and now the spring is here, it's time for you to hear my song.
Lizzy Bee: (hope it's not too long.)
Saffron Dormouse:
Every room is clean and bright now we'd better be on our way,
Tom make sure you've got everything, lock the door and give me the key,
let's go to see the show at the ball.
Lizzy Bee:
Back to work tomorrow, but tonight going to eat and dance 'till I fall, at the feast and at the ball.
Harlequin Hare
I'm Harlequin Hare, I haven't got a care, I'm going to the ball.
Bang on your drum, tell everyone come, come all.
And part of my style, is making you all smile.
There's Nathaniel Gnat, in his cavalier hat, and a twinkle in his eye.
By the light of the moon the ladies all swoon and sigh.
And part of his style is making them all smile.
Grasshopper goes wherever his nose will tell him to go.
Fancy and free and letting his feelings show.
And oh what a sigh there'll be at the ball tonight.
Old Blind Mole
Old Blind Mole, it's home sweet home down in his hole
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you.
Old Blind Mole, he don't need gasoline or coal
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you.
Self contained, always been the same, obeys no rule,
Nobody's fool (he's so cool).
Old Blind Mole, he never robbed and he never stole
Old Blind Mole, he don't need me or you
No Solution
Don't start complaining now, the damage is done and you know how,
don't make a fuss you're not so bad, if you don't want to look so sad.
Don't drink the water, it's bad for you
Don't drink the water, it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
I don't mind if you don't care about your house or what you wear but these times affect us all, whether you hop or fly or crawl.
Don't drink the water, it's bad for you
Don't drink the water, it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
There's a way to make it clean, it doesn't have to be a dream,
what was once can be again
I know how but I don't know when.
Don't drink the water,it's bad for you
Don't drink the water,it's sad for you can't drink it anymore.
Behind The Smile
Behind the smile the stranger lies, beware of what is in his eyes, looks like fun but he's after you.
It's not so funny what that smile can do.
Behind the smile there lies a face filled with cunning but he's full of grace,
comes on friendly but he's deadly too,beware or he'll take care of you.
An innocence so well rehearsed and so naive that's all you ever see
Behind the smile you cannot see
Lies another full of mystery
Don't be fooled by that friendly grin, the jaws of death are going to call you in.
Fly Away
It's hard to tell you why you'll have to wait and see your wings will grow
and then you'll know the joy of being free, to float upon the air and drift along the breeze, you'll greet a friend, then rise again so high above the trees.
And I can show you how but you'll have to make your own way.
Patience now, tomorrow you can fly away.
Heartbreakers all when you arrive at the Ball.
Oh how you sway, you're going to steal hearts away.
I know it's not so bad for I was once like you, enjoy yourself, there's nothing else, that you can say or do, a most of all be calm, be beautiful and shy, your time will come and like the sun, you'll reach up to the sky.
Aranea
Oh Aranea, you're so divine
It's hard to take my eyes of you, you really shine.
Oh Aranea, you seem so wise and every time I look into your spider eyes,
my hopeful heart just flies.
Time is flying too, so brush your hair and lace your shoe
You know the ball won't wait for you tonight.
Oh Aranea, you're proud and tall.
When you descend on silken threads down to the Ball,
you'll look the best of them all.
Sitting In A Dream
I'm just passing time before the ball, playing my guitar
I don't have to be where I don't want to be at all, maybe I'll go far going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Sitting in a landscape full of sighs, dream away the day, making up a tune about the blueness of the skies,this is where I'll stay,
going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Watching as a red and white balloon sails across my mind, in between the images that drift along my tune, smile as they unwind
going nowhere sitting in a dream...
......in a dream
Waiting
I'm waiting her for something good to come my way and I've been waiting patiently all day.
The sunshine begins to stretch across the sky, I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
People that are restless, moving here and there, somehow they seem to go nowhere.
So I remain and watch the world go by, I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
I don't know what I'm waiting for but that's all right.
Every thing I need is in my sight.
I'm free as every kingfisher should beand I'm just waiting, oh I am waiting.
Sir Maximus Mouse
He sits in seclusion, will take no intrusion into his world, they all bow their faces, from men in high places to the office girl.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house bought with pieces of paper,
if a deal's up for grabs, or there's cash to be had he's the taker.
He's facing a crisis, a drop in cheese prices force him to sell, playing with other lives, he makes sure that he survives, they can go to hell.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house that he bought from the Devil
If they question his shares, then his books will show they're on the level.
With luxury living his charity giving is a clever scheme, enormous donations,
help public relations foster the dream.
He's Sir Maximus Mouse and he lives in a house that could pass for a palace,
like a fortress in which, like a demon or witch he can vanish!
Together Again
I can't recall, if there's a ball, should we be there?
It seems to me, we ought to be, with someone somewhere.
But give us another and pardon me brother for laughing
It's good to be back together again.
The feeling's good but I know I should be going from here
But give us another
Say where you going brother without me?
I'm glad that we were together again.
Watch Out For The Bat
Watch out for the Bat now or that'll be that now, the price you will pay is dear,
don't be ashamed to fear,that is what makes you care,makes you beware.
Don't worry about it, you'll find you're without it,the Bat's going to take your life, he's going to take your wife, the Bat's going to make you plead,
make you bleed.
So make no mistake there,you'll end up as steak (rare)
so always be on your guard, for this life is hard, death is a breath away,
every day.
Little Chalk Blue
There's no one here that feels no pain,deep inside we're all the same
and when the light begins to end, we meet a friend
Some people symbolize the hope and fears beyond our eyes and now you shine so clear and true,believe in you
Fly on, little chalk blue, fly on, I'm following you
and everybody in the world is following too, fly on
When you're looked behind a door, you need your freedom there much more
and by your wings we'll learn to see, you hold the key
Fly on, little chalk blue, fly on, I'm following you and everybody in the world,
is following too, following you, fly on
Love Is All
Everybody's got to live together, all the people got to understand,
love your neighbour like you love your brother, come and join the band.
All you need is love and understanding, ring the bell and let the people know
we're so happy and we're celebratin', let your feelings show.
Love is all, love is all, can't you hear the call
Love is all you need, love is all you need at the Butterfly Ball
Ain't you happy that we're all together, at the Ball in nature's countryside
and although we're wearing different faces, nobody wants to hide.
Love is all and all is love and it's easy yes it's so easy, at the Butterfly Ball where love is all and it's easy.
All you need is love and understanding ring the bell and let the people know,
we're so happy and we're celebratin', let your feelings show.
Love is all yes love is all at the Butterfly Ball
Love is big love is small, love is free love is all, at the Butterfly Ball.
When your back's to the wall, when you're starting to fall,
you get something to lean on
Love is everything, it can make you sing at the Butterfly Ball
Love is all love is all love is all.
Homeward
Now the Ball is over, it's time to get back home
I need a star to guide me, I'm feeling so alone, feeling so alone.
Morning mustn't find me, sleeping in the sun, now the dawn is breaking,
a new day just begun, new day just begun.
Glow worm lightning, darkness fighting, guiding one and all.
homeward going, moving, flowing, homeward from the Ball.
Wings are sadly folding, here comes another day, oh I'd like to stay for ever
and dance the night away, oh dance the night away.