Butterfly in Reverse
Butterfly in Reverse

Counting Crows - Butterfly in Reverse Lyrics

Rock
Jul 9, 2002
337
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Butterfly in Reverse Lyrics

Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They took a lot of time
Getting it right on this girl
I said, Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They did a lot of things right on this girl

Had a lot of girlfriends
I should have known them
Click your heels and count back from there
Do you want to go back?
You should have known
That the butterfly in reverse here is me

Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They took a lot of time
Getting it right on this girl
I said, Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They did a lot of things right on this girl

Where'd you want to go to
With nothing beside you
But webbing and curfews and rain?
And everything that hurts you
Is locked up inside you
Like butterflies with wings
And other perfect things

We go swimming in the sunshine
Dangling from clotheslines
Separate and fall into me
But did you ever see me?
Me, absolutely?
Me, but all you, but still me?

Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They took a lot of time
Getting it right on this girl, I said
Mary-Ann
You're better than the world
They did a lot of things right on this girl

Writer(s): ADAM DURITZ, BEN MIZE, CHARLES GILLINGHAM, DANIEL VICKREY, DAVID BRYSON, DAVID IMMERGLUCK, MATTHEW MALLEY, RYAN ADAMS
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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