Ladybird

Lucy-lou the ladybird

The hardest lesson I have ever learnt

I found you crawling on my shoe

And from the day that I met you

My best friend was Lucy-lou

I held you in my hands so tight

Running fast through the golden light

"Lucy you're coming home with me"

But Lucy, you'll never be free

But now I see where I went wrong

I loved you so but I held on too long

Oh Lucy-lou I was just as scared as you

Because I knew you'd fly away

Lucy I've made a home for you

An old jam jar with a leaf or two

Fingerprints pressed to the jar

And I can't find where you are

Lucy was hiding beneath a leaf

Oh Lucy was hiding from me

But now I see where I went wrong

I loved you so but I held on too long

Oh Lucy-lou I was just as scared as you

Because I knew you'd fly away

But my mum, she said no

"You've got to let her go

You've got to let her fly"

But oh no, it's all my fault

I didn't mean for you to die

But now I see where I went wrong

I loved you so but I held on too long

Oh Lucy-lou I was just as scared as you

Because I knew you'd fly away