Genius Lyrics
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The Magnetic Fields – All My Little Words
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“All My Little Words” is the third track of the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Maintaining a soft, melancholy atmosphere comes a ballad about a man who is not
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The Magnetic Fields – Strange Eyes
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An extended metaphor about an ex-lover’s blue eyes.
Ordinarily in writing love songs you try not to specify eye color, to make it more universal. This hits you over the head with
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The Magnetic Fields – Xylophone Track
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To my dear, dear mother / I leave my only shoes / To my dear, dear mother / I leave my only shoes / By the time you read this / I will have died of the blues / Scream, little choo-
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The Magnetic Fields – Acoustic Guitar
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Acoustic guitar, I'm gonna make you a star / Get your picture all over the world / Acoustic guitar, you can have your own car / Just bring me back my girl / She always loved the
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The Magnetic Fields – Washington, D.C.
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[Hook] / W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.C / W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, baby, D.C / [Verse 1] / Washington, D.C., it's paradise to me / It's not because it is the grand old seat / Of
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The Magnetic Fields – I Don't Want to Get Over You
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“I Don’t Want to Get Over You” is the much-beloved track 6 from Vol. 1 of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Featuring a full band, Merritt sings lyrics that nail the sensation
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The Magnetic Fields – Meaningless
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Meaningless? / You mean it's all been meaningless? / Every whisper and caress? / Yes, yes, yes, it was totally meaningless / Meaningless / Like when two fireflies fluoresce / Just
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The Magnetic Fields – Parades Go By
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[Verse 1] / I'll linger here / Your ring upon my finger, dear / And sing till dawn / A song of you and me and what and why / For time is all / I have to keep between these walls
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The Magnetic Fields – I Think I Need a New Heart
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“I Think I Need a New Heart” is track 11 on the first volume of The Magnetic Fields’s 69 Love Songs. Like an argument put into song, the instrumentation is like a country song with
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The Magnetic Fields – The Book of Love
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Arguably the most recognized song from the 69 Love Songs collection, “The Book of Love” is track 11 of volume one. Stephin Merritt sings a basic, timeless melody over a barely
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The Magnetic Fields – Epitaph for My Heart
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"Caution, to prevent electric shock / Do not remove cover / No user-serviceable parts inside / Refer servicing to qualified / Service personnel" / Let this be the epitaph for my
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The Magnetic Fields – Queen of the Savages
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My girl is the queen of the savages / She don't know the modern world and its ravages / Instead of money she's got yams and cabbages / She lives in a dome / I don't care if I never
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The Magnetic Fields – No One Will Ever Love You
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The Fleetwood Mac vibe to which Merritt refers is reflected in the track’s music as well, with a deceptively simple and gently propulsive rhythm track reminiscent of “Dreams,” and
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The Magnetic Fields – Kiss Me Like You Mean It
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[Verse 1] / He is my Lord, he is my savior / And he rewards my good behavior / My secret soul, I know he's seen it / [Chorus] / He says, "Come here baby and / Kiss me like you mean
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The Magnetic Fields – My Sentimental Melody
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[Verse] / I'm a hopeless romantic / You're a terrible flirt / Cool and unfazed / You're always amazed / When someone gets hurt / I live on the blue planet / That I saw in your eyes
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The Magnetic Fields – Love in the Shadows
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[Verse 1] / The woman with no nose / I know where she goes / The old guy with the gold eye / We go back, he and I / Don't smile / We don't do that here, baby / [Chorus] / Love in
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The Magnetic Fields – Bitter Tears
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[Chorus] / Bitter tears keep me goin' / Through the years, freely flowin' / What have you done? / Only a gun could stop these bitter tears / [Verse 1] / The endless streets I walk
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The Magnetic Fields – Blue You
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The moon was singing the blues / The stars in the sky harmonized singing it too / And I, far below was singing low and slow for you / And I know all the world was singing the blues
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The Magnetic Fields – Long-Forgotten Fairytale
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“Long-Forgotten Fairytale” has an upbeat melody juxtaposed with disturbing lyrics, one of the many tracks on 69 Love Songs that does this. Stephin Merritt unfolds a story of an
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The Magnetic Fields – How to Say Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / The only thing that I could ever feel / I can't believe it wasn't real / The only thing that I could ever feel / I can't believe it wasn't real / You can't open your
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