Mrs. Potters Lullaby

Well, I woke up in mid-afternoon

That's when it all hurts the most

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

I'm 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 into the distance

Then your life is a shame

Though I'll never forget you, 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?

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 escape

And forget everything that you said

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

Hey, Mrs. Potter, don't cry

Hey, Mrs. Potter, I know why

But 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?

Well, 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

And, hey, Mrs. Potter, don't cry

Hey, Mrs. Potter, I know why

But hey, Mrs. Potter, won't you talk to me?

Oh, hey, Mrs. Potter, don't go

And hey, Mrs. Potter, I don't know, but

Hey, Mrs. Potter, won't you talk to me?

Talk to me

Talk to me