Madam Butterfly
From the opera "Madam Butterfly" by Puccini
Adapted by Malcolm McLaren and Robby Kilgore


Pinkerton:
Back in Nagasaki I got married to Cho Cho San

That was her name 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


Cho Cho San:
Today's the day when I see clear
A tiny thread of smoke appears

Where blue skies fall upon the ocean
And shake this staid emotion


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 but just won't let me

Run to him do I dare?
Madam Butterfly don't blow it


Chorus

Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly

That's the name he used to give me
He's my man till 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:
Pinkerton's the name
Lieutenant 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


Cho Cho San:
Gotta have something to believe in

My white honkey, I do miss him
Someday soon he'll come around
Just to stop my nervous breakdown


Call me fool! Call me stupid!
Bend my arrow kill this cupid

Say it with me
He'll be back
I have faith in this love track


Pinkerton:
Cho Cho San

My little wife
My sweet butterfly
That's the name I'll give her

When I return

Chorus


Little sweet sweet Butterfly
I hear him crowing faintly
He thinks I'm just still sweet sixteen
I guess I'll tease him gently


Cho Cho San:
Calling Madam Butterfly
His angel plucked right from the sky
Hide my baby in mystic places

I feel the fear that I might die

Right in his arms and 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 kil this cupid
I have faith I'll always pray

My white honkey's here to stay

Chorus

Calling Butterfly, Madam Butterfly
Butterfly, Butterfly have no fear

I'll be back to wipe your tears
Oh sweet Butterfly, so sweet Butterfly
She's waiting
I'll wait for him with unshakable faith
He'll be back