Cover art for The Night You Can’t Remember by The Magnetic Fields

The Night You Can’t Remember

Sep. 7, 19991 viewer

The Night You Can’t Remember Lyrics

Before you left your garrison
You'd had a drink, maybe two
You don't remember Paris, hon
But it remembers you

It's true, we flew to Paris, dear
Aboard an Army jet
The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget

You said I was terrific, it
Meant zilch to you, ah but I

Have our marriage certificate
And I'll keep it 'til I die

You were an Army officer
And I just a Rockette

The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget

No rose conveyed your sentiments
Not even a petunia

But you've got vague presentiments
And I've got little Junior

You said, "Nobody loves me"
And I said, "Wanna bet?"
The night you can't remember
The night I can't forget

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