Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home Your heart is on fire and your lover has flown While you've been out a-playin' your man has gone astrayin' From now on you'll be stayin' alone Ladybug, ladybug, lately it seems A taste of high livin' And you've gone to extremes For gettin' bread and butter Around the flame you flutter A ladybug with butterfly dreams So a lovebug with a glad eye and the sugar Can sweet-talk any woman's heart away He's nothin' but a fly by night Who'll lift you to the sky by night And leave you wonderin' why by night and day So close your eyes, ladybug Shy away when he sings To the skies, ladybug Fly away, spread your wings Ladybug, ladybug, put on some speed There ain't no consolation In the life that you lead It's rainin' when it's sunny It's bein' broke with money So while there's still some honey in the Oh, ladybug, ladybug, fly away, fly away home Fly away, fly away home