Flicka flicka flicka
Here you are
Cata cata cata
Caterpillar girl
Flowing in
And filling up my hopeless heart
Oh never never go
Dust my lemon lies
With powder pink and sweet
The day I stop
Is the day you change
And fly away from me

You flicker
And you're beautiful
You glow inside my head
You hold me hypnotized
I'm mesmerized
Your flames
The flames that kiss me dead



Lyrics submitted by oofus

Track duration: 03:40

"The Caterpillar" as written by Richard Hartley

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:"Dust my lemon lies" is like a spoonerism for "Lust my demon lies"
    I have no idea whether it's intentional or coincidental.
    Flag floweroftheapocalypseon March 11, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:What does this line mean?

    "Dust my lemon lies
    With powder pink and sweet"
    Flag mangomad4on December 24, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Absolutely beautiful song..
    Flag InFullBloomon May 30, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Such a great song. I still listen to my cassette of this, I need to get it on a CD.
    Flag SailorPon May 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I know this will really be a stretch for a lot of people, but I'm so curious as to if this could be abut pedophilia. If anyone has ever read the book "Lolita" (my favorite), you may see how it fits. To Humbert, his nymphets, or the young girls he held such a penchant for, had to be a certain age, or look that certain age, for his arousal. The usage of "powder pink and sweet" forces the image, for me, of a little girl, parasols, and tutus and the infatuation with her. As soon as she metamorphoses into that butterfly, or adolescent girl, he lets her go.

    I don't know. Thoughts?
    Flag mimirandmemoryon October 12, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:'You hold me HYPnotized...and MESmerized"...cool as hell
    Flag cccaseyon October 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I see this song a little different. The catepillar girl fills her own heart. That is the day she changes to her beautiful self..."dust my lemon lies with powder pink and sweet" i love that. It's a new beginning.
    Flag lmlm22on June 19, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song. It's wonderful.
    I saw part of the video on this episode of Beavis and Butthead.
    It was interesting how Robert never looked into the camera.

    vh1.com/artists/az/cure/…

    That site has the video for it.
    Flag Beetlejuiceon December 07, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:FOR THE VIDEO try limewire
    Flag paperguy718on December 07, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:Two of my favourite lines of all time are drawn from this song: Dust my lemon lies, with powder pink and sweet! And: the flames that kiss me dead. The song may not contain much content but its imagery is strong.
    Flag painted_dollon February 11, 2005   Link

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