Fire moves much faster than a caterpillar runs
Is he just a memory burnt out like the sun
Poor old caterpillar was the only one I know
All them legs, the question begs, why do you go so slow

Have you seen the caterpillar
Have you seen the caterpillar
The caterpillar

He can't bark or lick your hand or fetch no rubber ball
He don't even know his name, his brain is much too small
He crawled from the fireplace with a flame upon his tail
If this was Louisian' he'd surely be in jail

Have you seen the caterpillar
Have you seen the caterpillar
The caterpillar

The worst of us exceed in life, the greatest sometimes fail
The biggest houses burnt out by a caterpillar's tail
Just this morning when he smiled there's no way you could tell
The battered night he'd be fried in caterpillar hell

Have you seen the caterpillar
Have you seen the caterpillar
Have you seen the caterpillar
Have you seen the caterpillar
The caterpillar

� 1996 Lushmole Music (BMI), Songs of Polygram Int'l., Inc. (BMI) /Juters Music (BMI)

Lyrics courtesy of Lushmole Music.