Tonart: Ab major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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Well I woke up in mid-afternoon
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cause cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party
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and I'm al ways the host
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If dreams are like movies,
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then memories are films about ghosts
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You can never escape,
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you can only move south down the coast
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Verse 2
Well, I am an idiot walking a tightrope
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of fortune and fame
I am an acrobat swinging trapezes
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through circles of flame
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If you've nev er stared off in the distance,
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then your life is a shame
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And though I'll never forget your face,
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sometimes I can't
remember my name
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Verse 3
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Hey Mrs. Potter don't cry
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Hey Mrs. Potter I know why but
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Hey Mrs. Potter won't
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you talk to me
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Verse 4
Well, there's a piece of Maria in
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every song that I sing
And the price of a memory is the memory
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of the sorrow it brings
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And there is always one last light
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to turn out and one last bell to ring
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And the last one out of the circus
has to lock up everything
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Verse 5
Or the elephants will get out and forget
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to remember what you said
And the ghosts of the tilt-a-whirl will will
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will linger inside of your head
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And the ferris wheel junkies
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will spin them forever instead
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When I see you a blanket of
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stars covers me in bed
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Verse 6
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Hey Mrs. Potter don't go
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Hey Mrs. Potter I don't know but
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Hey Mrs. Potter
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won't you talk to me
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Verse 7
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All the blue light reflections that color
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my mind when I sleep
And the lovesick rejections that accom
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pany the company I keep
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All the razor perceptions that
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cut just a little too deep
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Hey I can bleed as well as anyone,
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but I need someone to help me sleep
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Verse 8
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So I throw my hand into the air and
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it swims in the beams
It's just a brief interruption of the swirl
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ing dust sparkle jet stream
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Well, I know I don't know you and
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you're probably not what you seem
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But I'd sure like to find out
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So why don't you climb down
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off that movie screen
Verse 9
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Hey Mrs. Potter don't turn
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Hey Mrs. Potter I burn for you
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Hey Mrs. Potter won't
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you talk to me
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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When the last king of Hollywood shatters
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his glass on the floor
and orders another
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Well, I wonder what he
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did that for
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That's when I know that I have to get
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out cause I have been there before
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So I gave up my seat at the bar
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and I head for the door
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Verse 11
We drove out to the desert just to lie
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down beneath this bowl of stars
We stand up at the Palace like it's the last
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of the great Pioneertown bars
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We shout out these songs against
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the clang of electric guitars
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You can see
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a million miles tonight
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But you can't get very far
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Verse 12
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Hey Mrs. Potter
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I won't touch and
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Hey Mrs. Potter it's not much but
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Hey Mrs. Potter won't you talk
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to
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Outro 1
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