One butterfly
 
 Spies a glint in his eye,
 
 Birds sing as he cycles by.
 
 Oh! Why should he feel sad?
 
 This world's not so bad, and besides,
 
 Woe betide he who would frown
 
 When natural beauty abounds.
 
 And now with wheels spinning free
 
 He's picking up speed.
 
  
  Two butterflies
 
 Tie knots in his stomach,
 
 They love it when he goes too fast.
 
 Wind whistles past,
 
 Whilst oceans of air
 
 That will mess up his hair,
 
 Though he no longer cares any more
 
 For overindulgence and vanity,
 
 Vacuous vice!
 
 Just once or twice,
 
 Thrice,
 
 Four times in five we forget we're alive
 
 And neglect to remind ourselves.
  
 
 Three butterflies
 
 Realise when it's time to depart,
 
 They have tickled his ribs
 
 They have fluttered his heart,
 
 But the starting is easy compared to the stop
 
 And the bottom is hard when compared to the top.
  
 
 Oh la la la la la etc...