[Verse 1: Jack Palmer] I had nothing to say on Christmas Day When you threw all your clothes in the snow When you burnt your hair, knocked over chairs I just tried to stay out of your way But when you fell asleep With blood on your teeth I got in my car and drove away [Chorus: Jack Palmer & Amanda Palmer] Listen to me, bu*terfly, there's only so much wine You can drink in one life But it will never be enough To save you from the bottom of your gla** [Verse 2: Jack Palmer] Where the state highway starts, I parked my car I got out and stared up at the stars As meteors dived and shot across the sky I thought about your sad, shining eyes I came back for my clothes When the sun finally rose But you were still pa**ed out on the floor [Chorus: Jack Palmer & Amanda Palmer]
Listen to me, bu*terfly, there's only so much wine You can drink in one life But it will never be enough To save you from the bottom of your gla** [Verse 3: Amanda Palmer] It was one or two o'clock when I finally got up My head hurt and I saw that you had gone And on the fridge, I saw the note that you'd taped up for me You wrote that you hoped that I'd have the nerve to change my luck I could have swore we'd cleaned it out But when I looked hard enough I found A beer we'd missed behind the cake your mother had brought [Chorus: Jack Palmer & Amanda Palmer] Listen to me, bu*terfly, there's only so much wine You can drink in one life But it will never be enough To save you from the bottom of your gla**