Cover art for Animal Magic by Peter Gabriel
Jun. 2, 19781 viewer

Animal Magic Lyrics

[Intro]
Animal magic

[Verse 1]
Ah, what did you mean when you opened your mouth
And let all our secrets out?
You told him what I was about
My cover was completely blown
I tell you darling, I've been watching the war films
I've got a few ideas of my own
Because after the film had ended
The call for recruits was shown

[Chorus]
And I'll be joining the professionals
I want to be a man
With all that animal magic
I'll do anything you can
I'm joining the professionals
Because I want to be a man
Look, I wave my wand
Watch the rabbit disappear
Join the professionals
Learn to fight

[Verse 2]
I bet the two of you still laugh at me
For being timid as a lamb
That may be still the way I look
It's no longer what I am
I've been across to Northern Ireland
I came home with a new kind of charge
I learned to hunt in the night
I learned about camouflage
[Chorus]
I've been joining the professionals
And now that I'm a man
With all that animal magic
I'll match anything you can
I'm joining the professionals
This time I understand
There's no way you'll get by me
With the slightest slight of hand
Be joining the professionals
I want to be a man
Look, I wave my wand
Watch the rabbit disappear
Oh, join the professionals
Learn to fight

[Outro]
Animal magic
Animal magic
Oh, animal magic
Yeah, animal magic
Animal magic (Fight, fight, fight, fight)
Animal magic (Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight)
Oh, animal magic
Animal magic
(Ani—, an—, animal ma—) Animal magic (—nimal magic)
Animal magic, animal magic

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Recorded At
Relight Studios, Hilvarenbeek, Holland
Release Date
June 2, 1978
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