On the notable streets of Tennessee
Half a guitar lick from New Orleans
What's a prospective singer to do
When she's half Aretha Franklin and half Mötley Crüe
So I'm blinking like a butterfly
Even when I try and I try and I try and I try
But nothing works as well as
Blinking like a butterfly
I can act, I can sing, and pretend to cry
But nothing works as well as
Blinking like a butterfly
On the cat scratch stages of Broadway
Wanna-be actors are layin' pipe
Where's a prospective performer to run
When she's half Lion Queen and half Book of Mormon
So I'm blinking like a butterfly
Even when I try and I try and I try and I try
Nothing works as well as
Blinking like a butterfly
I can act, I can sing, and pretend to cry
But nothing works as well as blinking like a butterfly