'72: Eye Contact

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: 50 Song Memoir

Track 7 of 50 on 50 Song Memoir (2017).

Duration: 2:55

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Lyrics for '72: Eye Contact

Eye contact Must we make eye contact? Must we always react Through frowns and smiles? Let's make a pact When we must interact Facing front would distract From our profiles Lovely profiles Eye contact How I hate eye contact! Having to stare Exactly, in fact, where? Pretend to care Where you happen to stare Break contact if you dare Haha, I win Haha, I win Eye contact For the autodidact Ever and always smacked Of smarmy charm Call me barmy Must we all be warm? Must all warmth take the form Of eye contact? Contact, my eye!

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