[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, Butterfly, 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 glass

[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 passed out on the floor
[Chorus: Jack Palmer & Amanda Palmer]
Listen to me, Butterfly, 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 glass

[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, Butterfly, 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 glass