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Flies On The Butter Lyrics

Artist: Wynonna Judd

featuring Naomi Judd

Old tin roof, leaves in the gutter
A hole in the screen door big as your fist, and flies on the butter
Mamaw baking sugar cookies, we were watching cartoons
Heard her holler from the kitchen which one of you youngin's wants to lick the spoon?
Yellow jackets on the watermelon, honeysuckle in the air
Daddy turning on the sprinkler, us kids running through it in our underwear
Old dog napping on the front porch, his ear just a-twitching
Fell asleep on Granddaddy's lap to the sound of his pocket watch ticking

Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago
Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
You can dream about it every now and then
But you can't go home again

Me and my best friend Jenny set up a back yard camp
Stole one of Mama's Mason jars, poked holes in the lid and made a fire fly lamp
Me and Billy Monroe sneaking down by the river
And I'm still haunted by the taste kiss I was too scared to give him

Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago
Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
You can dream about it every now and then
But you can't go home again

There's a black-top road, a faded yellow centerline
It can take you back to the place, but it can't take you back in time

Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
It doesn't seem like it was all that long ago
Oh, oh, oh - Oh, oh, oh
You can dream about it every now and then
But you can't go home again

Old tin roof, leaves in the gutter
A hole in the screen door big as your fist, and flies on the butter

Comments/Interpretations

by Nicole on 5/11/2008 6:23pm
this is my FAVORITE Wynonna Judd song.Thanks!

by Casey on 6/22/2008 11:32pm
Oh my goodness. I always loved this song, but after studying the lyrics closer, It means so much more. =) Where are the damn tissues?!

by alex on 1/2/2009 11:14pm
i am 14 but this song speaks to me in a way that i have a sense of security and i love it and it sounds like me when i was 5 and 6 with me my sister and my cousins....thank you for posting it

by Joe on 2/4/2010 7:37pm
I Love This Song.. lol

by Gammy on 6/2/2010 4:09pm
My sister videoed my grand-daughter when she paid for the entire trip. Later, after I'm home I have an email waiting. This wonderful song, "Old Tin Roof," edited by my bro. I hear this song and think of the video. I see the video and I think of this song. To me it's an emotion I feel strongly at times. I won't be able to see my g-daughter again for a long time. Because of the weather I was unable to see her for only 5 hours and the second time for 2. In so many ways it was wonderful, but I never had any time alone with her and hardly held her. What I'm trying in my inadequate way is, this song has become a part of my life. Thank you.

by DRH on 7/1/2010 1:00am
Judds and
Wyonna are gifted
beyound words.
Beautiful country music.

by Heidi J Schouten on 8/16/2010 2:05am
I love this song i sing it all the time. if their was a country singer i would want to sing with it would have to be Wynonna Judd :)