'80: London by Jetpack

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: 50 Song Memoir

Track 15 of 50 on 50 Song Memoir (2017).

Duration: 2:58

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Lyrics for '80: London by Jetpack

London by Jetpack It can be done What we spend on fuel We'll make on film From the ICA To Abbey Road in seconds On high rooftops We'll dance the Twist I spent August in London when The New Romantics reigned And though I was oblivious then My love has never waned My roots are New Romantic as Some critics have complained London by Jetpack My verse novel When teenagers fly They change the sky It's not the going up It's not the coming down It's the zooming 'round The speed, the sex When I am monarch of the world Weighed down by matters weighty I'll live in London once more And decree it's 1980 That all may dress as Pierrots And pirates, like their king And all will have jetpacks From club to club we'll go zooming At the club with no name We'll dance again Vivienne Westwood Will be my queen There will be no army Only the Blitz It's not the going up It's not the coming down London by Jetpack I'll write you yet

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