Biography:
The Magnetic Fields is a New York-based group fronted by Stephin Merritt. Recent albums released under the name "The Magnetic Fields" usually consist of synth-pop music in a 1980s style underlying clever lyrics which are often heavily ironic. While synth-pop often forms the foundation of their music, The Magnetic Fields' music borrows from many other styles, notably country, folk and indie pop.
The band was originally formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1990 by friends Merritt and (percussionist/pianist/vocalist) Claudia Gonson.
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Other songs:
- 01 Have You Seen It In The Snow
- 02 Be True To Your Bar
- 05 Never Again
- 09 Till You Come Back To Me
- 10 20000 Leagues Under The Sea
- 100000 Fireflies
- 11 Stupid Tears
- 12 You Can Never Go Back To New York
- 13 Big Enough For Both Of Us
- 66 Wonder Where Im From
- 68 A Cat Called Dionysus
- 69 Judy Garland
- 71 I Think Ill Make Another World
- 73 It Could Have Been Paradise
- 74 No
- 77 Life Aint All Bad
- 78 Blizzard Of 78
- 80 London By Jetpack
- 83 Foxx And I
- 85 Why I Am Not A Teenager
- 86 How I Failed Ethics
- 93 Me And Fred And Dave And Ted
- 94 Havent Got A Penny
- 95 A Serious Mistake
- 99 Fathers In The Clouds
- A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
- A Pretty Girl Is Like
- Abigail Belle Of Kirlonan
- Absolutely Cuckoo
- All My Little Words
- All The Umbrellas In London
- All You Ever Do Is Walk Away
- Always Already Gone
- Andrew In Drag
- Asleep And Dreaming
- Boa Constrictor
- Born On The Train
- Busby Berkeley Dreams
- Busby Berkely Dreams
- California Girls
- Candy
- Come Back From San Francisco
- Crazy For You But Not That Crazy
- Dancing In Your Eyes
- Deep Sea Diving Suit
- Desert Island
- Dont Look Away
- Epitaph For My Heart
- Famous
- Fido Your Leash Is Too Long
- Grand Canyon
- Heather Heather
- How To Say Goodbye
- I Dont Believe In The Sun
- I Dont Believe You
- I Dont Know What To Say
- I Dont Really Love You Anymore
- I Dont Want To Get Over You
- I Think I Need A New Heart
- I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
- Id Go Anywhere With Hugh
- Ill Dream Alone
- Im Sorry I Love You
- Im Tongue Tied
- In My Secret Place
- Irma
- Its Only Time
- Jeremy
- Kiss Me Like You Mean It
- Lets Pretend Were Bunny Rabbits
- Lonely Highway
- Long
- Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin
- Meaningless
- My Only Friend
- My Sentimental Melody
- No One Will Ever Love You
- Nothing Matters When Were Dancing
- Old Fools
- Papa Was A Rodeo
- Queen Of The Savages
- Saddest Story Ever Told
- Save A Secret For The Moon
- Smoke And Mirrors
- Strange Powers
- Sweet Lovin Man
- Swinging London
- The Blizzard Of 78
- The Book Of Love
- The Death Of Ferdinand De Saussure
- The Dolls Tea Party
- The Dreaming Moon
- The Flowers She Sent And The Flowers She Said She Sent
- The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
- The Machine In Your Hand
- The Nuns Litany
- The One You Really Love
- The Only Boy In Town
- The Saddest Story Ever Told
- Time Enough For Rocking When Were Old
- Too Drunk To Dream
- Two Characters In Search Of A Country Song
- Very Funny
- Washington Dc
- We Are Having A Hootenanny
- When My Boy Walks Down The Street
- When The Open Road Is Closing In
- When You Were My Baby
- When Youre Old And Lonely
- Why I Cry
- Wi Nae Wee Bairn Yell Me Beget
- With Whom To Dance
- Yeah Oh Yeah
- You And Me And The Moon
- You Love To Fail
- You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
- Young And Insane
- Zebra
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Am C G
[Verse]
Am
We lived in Paia
C G
Hippie central, I could hop to the beach
Am
Sometimes we would hitchike
C G
Miles to school, school being a figure of speech
A
Where we sang (kahuli aku, kahuli mai)
[Verse]
Am
We lived on a zendo
C G
In the forest, silence for days on end
Am
Caught up on my reading
C G
Huckleberry Finn was my only friend
[Chorus]
Am F
It could have been paradise
C D7
But for the horrible bugs
Am F
I could have gone to a real school
C G
But for the murderous thugs
Am F
In the forest of paradise
C D7
We gathered magic mushrooms
Am F
But mostly I sat around
C G
In rooms as quiet as tombs
It was heaven
[Verse]
Am
My mother then took up with
C G
A trumpeter, red beard and pork pie hat
Am
Found a lyric of mine
C G
He took it home and set music to that
Am
To impress my mother
C G
He stole my song. Better back off, mister
Am
Fast forward two decades
C G
Same thing happened but with Shakespeare's sister
[Chorus]
Am F
Why should it be paradise?
C D7
That's just a place people go
Am F
It was home for a little while
C G
But you can give me the snow
Give me the snow
[Verse]
Am
My friend Shell was named for
C G
A shell on the beach. She spoke pidgin English
Am
Everyday I swam out
C G
Onto the reef, catching exotic fish
[Chorus]
Am F
It could have been paradise
C D7
With one good reason to stay
Am F
If it had been paradise
C G
Guess we'd still be there today
Singing away
Am C G
[Verse]
Am
We lived in Paia
C G
Hippie central, I could hop to the beach
Am
Sometimes we would hitchike
C G
Miles to school, school being a figure of speech
A
Where we sang (kahuli aku, kahuli mai)
[Verse]
Am
We lived on a zendo
C G
In the forest, silence for days on end
Am
Caught up on my reading
C G
Huckleberry Finn was my only friend
[Chorus]
Am F
It could have been paradise
C D7
But for the horrible bugs
Am F
I could have gone to a real school
C G
But for the murderous thugs
Am F
In the forest of paradise
C D7
We gathered magic mushrooms
Am F
But mostly I sat around
C G
In rooms as quiet as tombs
It was heaven
[Verse]
Am
My mother then took up with
C G
A trumpeter, red beard and pork pie hat
Am
Found a lyric of mine
C G
He took it home and set music to that
Am
To impress my mother
C G
He stole my song. Better back off, mister
Am
Fast forward two decades
C G
Same thing happened but with Shakespeare's sister
[Chorus]
Am F
Why should it be paradise?
C D7
That's just a place people go
Am F
It was home for a little while
C G
But you can give me the snow
Give me the snow
[Verse]
Am
My friend Shell was named for
C G
A shell on the beach. She spoke pidgin English
Am
Everyday I swam out
C G
Onto the reef, catching exotic fish
[Chorus]
Am F
It could have been paradise
C D7
With one good reason to stay
Am F
If it had been paradise
C G
Guess we'd still be there today
Singing away
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The Main Squeeze
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