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Mrs. Potter's Lullaby Lyrics
well i woke up in mid afternoon cuz 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 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 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 mrs. potter don't cry
hey mrs. potter i know why
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
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 ghost of the tilt-a-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 go
hey mrs. potter i don't know
but hey mrs. potter won't you talk to me?
all the blue light reflections 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 to the air and it swims in the bees
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
oh 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 cuz i've 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 moat of stars
we stand up in the palace like it's the last of the great pioneer town 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 (x2)
hey mrs. potter i won't touch
hey mrs. potter it's not much
hey mrs. potter won't you talk to me? (x3)
It's a song about pining. Cute. It's Adam Duritz talking to himself about his lovelife and all its dead ends with the thin guise of actually telling it all to an actress he probably never even personally met.
It's got a lot of similar themes to other CC songs -- the "lovesick rejections," the "idiot walking a tightrope of fortune and fame," etc. etc. The underlying theme is, if I'm so rich and famous and loved, why can't I hold down a meaningful relationship. He feels like he's play acting a part bigger than him, and he's in over his head ("You can see a million miles tonight, but you can't get very far", and "We stand up in the palace like it's the last of the great pioneer town bars.")
it's about that actress Monica Potter he(adam) went to the movies to watch Patch Adams and he fell in love with her.Well thats what i read anyway
what made you think nobody else found that. yeah it's all throught the song.
I was really intrigued by the Gatsby reference; it encompasses the whole song. The idea of a pretender to fame (Gatsby) pining for this unattainable (& likely married) woman (Daisy) is so universal, so sad. F. Scott Fitzgerald is amazing, and so is CC. And a tilt-a-whirl is an amusement ride.
Apparently this song is about Monica Potter, an actress that Adam saw in a play in LA, I believe.
Yea thats what i heard too, but regardless who its about. It an amazing song, definetly one of my favorite CC song. Lyrically its awesome, its got a really really cool beat as well.
Oh there are most definitely parallels to other songs. I see it as the first song on the album, right after the radio single, as a little introduction in case you missed the last two albums. Still without love, but now a different take on it: not mopey like August, not bitter like Satellites. The album's great. I'm still trying to find the connection to Time & Time Again: "Out into the desert we're gonna ride..."
I love this song! It's definately one of my favorites. I find parallels of this song in the book The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If anyone else sees the connection, let me know. It's a great way to think about the song, gives it even more meaning.
i didn't tihnk it was razor perception--i thought it was "Rays of perception"....but i could be wrong. anyway--wonderful song...will live forever
i love the line 'dream i never know anyone at the party and i'm always the host' cos, to me, it means how when more people arrive at a party or anywhere u find it harder to talk, i find it easier to talk to people one on one. to adam it could mean anything, maybe that everyone knows him because he is famous, but he doesnt know any of the people that know him, maybe the 'party' is when adam plays live shows, it makes sense but im just guessing.