Butterfly In Reverse

Counting Crows

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 wanna 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 wanna 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