Karaoké Mrs. Potter's Lullaby Counting Crows

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Two

One two three four

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon 'cos 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

Walkin' a tightrope of fortune and fame

I am an acrobat swingin' trapezes through circles of flame

If you've never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame

And though I'll never forget your face sometimes

I can't remember my name

Hey Missus

Potter don't cry

Hey Missus

Potter I know why

But hey Missus

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

Oh and the ghosts of the tilt-o-whirl will linger inside of your head

And the Ferris wheel junkies will spin there forever instead

When I see you a blanket of stars covers me in my bed

Yeah

Hey Missus

Potter don't go

I say Hey Missus

Potter I don't know

But hey Missus

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 swirlin' dust sparkle jet stream

Well I know I don't know you and you're probably not what you seem

Oh but I'd sure like to find out so why don't you climb down off that movie screen

Hey Missus

Potter don't turn

Hey Missus

Potter I burn for you

And hey Missus

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 'cos I have been there before

So I gave up my seat at the bar and I head for the door

Yeah

We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars

We stand up in the Palace like it's the last of the great

Pioneertown bars

Oh we shout out these songs against the clang of electric guitars

Well you can see a million miles tonight but you can't get very far

Oh you can see a million miles tonight but you can't get very far

Hey Missus

Potter I won't touch and Hey Missus

Potter it's not much

But hey Missus

Potter won't you talk to me

Hey Missus Potter won't you talk to me

Hey Missus Potter won't you talk to me