The Magnetic Fields – 78 The Blizzard Of 78 (Guitar)

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One ten year old was found after three weeks

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In a snowdrift ten feet from his door

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Some fell asleep in their cars and awakened no more

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25 people died shoveling snow

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Have that done by somebody you hate

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166 looters arrested, but wait

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I spent the blizzard of '78

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On a commune in Northern Vermont

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With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want

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Music was very much not allowed

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So we we said "Hey kids, let's start a band"

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Proof that Ganesh loves us

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There was no tape deck at hand

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The first band I'd had was called "One and a Half"

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We were a duo, technically

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So if Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a band

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So were we

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I spent the blizzard of '78

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On a commune in Northern Vermont

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With all the Ursula Le Guin any body could want

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I played guitar, Chris played tin cans

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Caroline played tambourine

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Chris was 11, Caroline 12, I 13

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We called ourselves "the Black Widows"

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We weren't the last nor the first

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But we were almost certainly by far the worst

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We made the Cramps sound orchestral

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That's an achievement, I guess

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As for rehearsal

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We made the Shaggs sound like Yes

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I spent the blizzard of '78

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On a commune in Northern Vermont

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With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want

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It was hell