Cover art for Magic by Paul McCartney
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Magic Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There must have been magic
The night that we met
If I hadn't stopped you
I'd always regret


[Verse 2]
A few minutes later
You'd have been out that door
I'd have been lonely forever more
Forever more


[Chorus]
Oh what made us do it?
Under what holy spell?
Nature's mother knew it
Only too well


[Verse 3]
She reached out her fingers
To point at the sky
Leaving me helpless
Not knowing why

[Verse 3]
And this is the hour
That they turn out the light
Nothing but memories
Burning so bright
Burning so bright
[Chorus]
Oh what made us do it?
Under what holy spell?
Nature's mother knew it
Only too well

[Verse 1]
There must have been magic
The night that we met
If I hadn't stopped you
I'd always regret
Always regret

[Outro]
There must have been magic
There must have been magic
There must have been magic the night that we met

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Genius Annotation

‘Magic’ is a song by Paul McCartney from his 2001 album “Driving Rain”. It’s been written about his first meeting with Linda Eastman (to be McCartney), who had passed away three years earlier.

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