'71: I Think I'll Make Another World

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: 50 Song Memoir

Track 6 of 50 on 50 Song Memoir (2017).

Duration: 2:56

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Lyrics for '71: I Think I'll Make Another World

I think I'll make another world And fill it with whatever I want No one can say I can or can't I can see it now I think I'll make another world It may not start out very large But no one else will be in charge I can see it now I can see it now And we will dance, you and I Like we were very small Through the air through the night And through the marble hall No one can say that's all wrong 'Cause I'll say get out of my song Cause I can see another world And I can make it with my hands Who cares if no one understands I can see it now I can see it now The little stuff I've dreamed about Since I was just a zygote The headless caryatid With her plucky seeing eye goat No one can say that's all wrong 'Cause I can say "Hey, it's my song" And I can see another world And I can make it with my hands Who cares if no one understands? I can see it now I can see it growing And moving by itself And talking in its own way It's realer than the old one

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