Jeremy

by The Magnetic Fields

From the album: The Wayward Bus

Track 8 of 20 on The Wayward Bus (1992).

Duration: 3:01

The Wayward Bus cover art

Lyrics for Jeremy

We were young like the future, we were young and always wrong We were young like our country, learning old ways to be young Random driving around with you in my dilapidated car Like Isadora Duncan II in impossibly long white scarves (C): Autumn leaves, diaries, Tennesse and Jeremy Suddenly, willow trees, memories of Jeremy. Like a Galapagos turtle we grow old and stay that way, Build a nest in the sand dunes, lay our eggs and walk away I was writing our dreams down, making maps of an unseen plane; And I noticed anomalies that you'd rather not see explained. (C) We drove, canopy down, in the scalding rain on the one day we were young The house we bought was really a lake Otters scampered down the halls There were whirlpools in the floor and sails You're alone and it's over You're alone with your gun You're alone From now on you're all alone And you're not young

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More from The Wayward Bus

  1. When You Were My Baby
  2. The Saddest Story Ever Told
  3. Lovers From the Moon
  4. Candy
  5. Tokyo 脕 Go-Go
  6. Summer Lies
  7. Old Orchard Beach
  8. Jeremy
  9. Dancing in Your Eyes
  10. Suddenly There Is a Tidal Wave
  11. Railroad Boy
  12. Smoke Signals
  13. You Love to Fail
  14. Kings
  15. Babies Falling
  16. Living in an Abandoned Firehouse With You
  17. Tar-Heel Boy
  18. Falling in Love With the Wolfboy
  19. Josephine
  20. 100,000 Fireflies