{Refrain 1}
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo
{Verse 1}
Caterpillar, larval stage of Lepidoptera
Soon you will fly, soon you will fly
Soon you will fly
{Verse 2}
(Six pair of ocelli, twelve ocelli)
Tho' you've got more eyes than I do
You can't see the world
It can't see you
{Verse 3}
On emerging will you be a bu*terfly or moth?
On emerging will you be a bu*terfly or moth?
On emerging will you be a bu*terfly or moth?
Soon you will fly, soon you will fly
Elysian emergance is well nigh, you will fly
Soon you will fly
{Verse 4}
Tho' you've got six pair of ocelli, I say
You can't see the world
No one today
{Refrain 2}
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo
Soon you will fly
{Verse 5}
Decked in drabness, olive green
Your garb is dark as night
Tho' your guise seems lowly now
And tho' you're crawling like a worm
You soon will be in flight
(You'll soon take to thе sky)
Soon you will fly, soon you will fly
Soon you will fly, you will fly
Soon you will fly
{Verse 6}
(Caterpillar, caterpillar, larval stage of Lеpidoptera)
(Caterpillar, Lepidoptera)
Oh, to be a caterpillar
Changing one's disguise will every molt
And knowing that paradise comes after all
And too bad you can't be seen
You're much too small
{Refrain 3}
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo
Doo, doo, dooooo