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Mrs. Potter's Lullaby Lyrics

Artist: Counting Crows
Album: This Desert Life

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts
You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast
Well, I am an idiot walking a tightrope of fortune and fame
I am an acrobat swinging trapezes through circles of flame
If you've never stared off in the distance, then your life is a shame
And though I'll never forget your face,
sometimes I can't remember my name
Hey Mrs. Potter don't cry
Hey Mrs. Potter I know why but
Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me
Well, there's a piece of Maria in every song that I sing
And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings
And there is always one last light to turn out and one last bell to ring
And the last one out of the circus has to lock up everything
Or the elephants will get out and forget to remember what you said
And the ghosts of the tilt-a-whirl will linger inside of your head
And the ferris wheel junkies will spin them forever instead
When I see you a blanket of stars covers me in bed
Hey Mrs. Potter don't go
Hey Mrs. Potter I don't know but
Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me
All the blue light reflections that color my mind when I sleep
And the lovesick rejections that accompany the company I keep
All the razor perceptions that cut just a little too deep
Hey I can bleed as well as anyone, but I need someone to help me sleep
So I throw my hand into the air and it swims in the beams
It's just a brief interruption of the swirling dust sparkle jet stream
Well, I know I don't know you and you're probably not what you seem
But I'd sure like to find out
So why don't you climb down off that movie screen
Hey Mrs. Potter don't turn
Hey Mrs. Potter I burn for you
Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me
When the last king of Hollywood shatters his glass on the floor
and orders another
Well, I wonder what he did that for
That's when I know that I have to get out cause I have been there before
So I gave up my seat at the bar and I head for the door
We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars
We stand up at the Palace like it's the last of the great Pioneertown bars
We shout out these songs against the clang of electric guitars
You can see a million miles tonight
But you can't get very far
Hey Mrs. Potter I won't touch and
Hey Mrs. Potter it's not much but
Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk to me

Comments/Interpretations

by M. on 8/2/2008 9:40pm
so good...
www.myspace.com/sweunmarked

by jon on 10/10/2008 9:44pm
couldn't agree more, just a masterpiece of a song

by Jed on 1/6/2009 1:07am
Brilliant.

by Alex on 1/22/2009 9:28pm
One of my favorite counting crows songs

by Mary on 2/27/2009 5:34pm
one of the greatest lyrics ever

by amy on 3/20/2009 8:55pm
love it. my fave countin' crows song.

by Drew on 5/6/2009 10:21am
A brilliant poem, and a great song.

by Vince on 6/10/2009 9:51am
Just great. Great lyrics,great music. Just a great song.

by Scott on 6/16/2009 2:00pm
Great lyrics - I have listen to this song over 100 times and I still love it!

by Cathy on 10/17/2009 5:25pm
I am a Mrs. Potter and I love this song sooo much! Great poetry!

by Brett on 11/12/2009 2:17pm
Brilliant song, from a great band.

by Roger on 11/25/2009 12:39pm
My favorite also. After actress Monica Potter I believe.

by Kate on 7/23/2010 4:05pm
best. lyrics. ever.

by sporett on 7/12/2012 9:32am
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by Sally on 5/2/2013 2:37am
Awesome band, the lyrics always mean something to everyone.