Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning Ame… Read Full Bio ↴Goldie Jeanne Hawn (born November 21, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. She is perhaps best known for starring in a series of successful film comedies during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Her daughter is Kate Hudson who is also a well-known, Oscar-nominated actress.

She played an aging actress in the financially successful 1996 film, The First Wives Club, opposite Bette Midler and Diane Keaton, with whom she covered the Lesley Gore hit "You Don't Own Me" for the film's soundtrack. Hawn also performed a cover version of the Beatles' song, "A Hard Day's Night", on George Martin's 1998 album, In My Life.

Butterfly
Goldie Hawn Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴

Tu me dis loin des yeux, loin du cœur
Tu me dis qu'on oublie le meilleur
Malgré les horizons
Je sais qu'elle m'aime encore
Cette fille que j'avais surnommée

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Dans un mois je reviendrais

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Près de toi je resterais

L'océan c'est petit, tout petit
Pour deux cœurs où l'amour a grandi
Malgré ce que tu dis
Tu vois qu'elle m'aime encore
Cette fille que j'avais enlacée

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Dans un mois je reviendrais
Butterfly, my Butterfly
Près de toi je resterais

Notre amour est si grand, oui si grand
Que le ciel y tiendrait tout dedans
Malgré ce que tu dis
Je sais qu'elle m'aime encore
Cette fille que j'avais embrassée

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Dans un mois je reviendrais
Butterfly, my Butterfly
Près de toi je resterais

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Dans un mois je reviendrais

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Près de toi je resterais

Overall Meaning

Goldie Hawn's song Butterfly is a tale of love and devotion. The singer is told that distance and time will cause them to forget the best times in their relationship. The singer, however, is steadfast in their love and knows that their partner still loves them because of the immense love they shared in the past. Goldie Hawn repeats the phrase "Butterfly, my Butterfly" throughout the song, and it is unclear who or what the metaphor refers to. Is it the singer's beloved who is compared to a butterfly because of their beauty and grace, or is it the symbol of metamorphosis and transformation representing the evolution of their love over time?

The song overall is simply structured, using only verse-chorus repetition to carry the message across. The first section of the verse is sung in French, adding to the song's exotic vibe, followed by the singer's declaration of their love's unwavering nature, and the declaration of their intention to be reunited with the beloved in the near future.

Line by Line Meaning

Tu me dis loin des yeux, loin du cœur
You tell me, out of sight, out of mind.

Tu me dis qu'on oublie le meilleur
You tell me we forget the best.

Malgré les horizons
Despite the distance.

Je sais qu'elle m'aime encore
I know she still loves me.

Cette fille que j'avais surnommée
This girl I nicknamed.

Butterfly, my Butterfly
Butterfly, my love.

Dans un mois je reviendrais
I'll be back in a month.

Près de toi je resterais
I'll stay close to you.

L'océan c'est petit, tout petit
The ocean is small, very small.

Pour deux cœurs où l'amour a grandi
For two hearts where love has grown.

Malgré ce que tu dis
Despite what you say.