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"'66: Wonder Where I'm From" lyrics

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"'66: Wonder Where I'm From"

In Saint Thomas, barefoot Beatniks bonk
On a boat, afloat in rum
Is it there I'm from?
I wonder where I'm from

Up in Yonkers, two blocks from the Bronx
Baby born 'bout as big as your thumb
Is it there I'm from?
I wonder where I'm from

Never stayed in any one place two years
I was made in America, three cheers!
Until

Baden-Baden, in the BRD
Lederhosen on my baby bum
Is it there I'm from?
I wonder where I'm from

Rarely stayed in one place more than a year
I was made in the northern hemisphere
Um

All the seashells, tossed up on the shore
Contain the oceanic hum
They know where they're from
I wonder where I'm from
I wonder where I'm from


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Writer(s): Stephin Merritt
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album: "50 Song Memoir" (2017)
The Magnetic Fields - 50 Song Memoir album cover
'66: Wonder Where I'm From
'67: Come Back As A Cockroach
'68: A Cat Called Dionysus
'69: Judy Garland
'70: They're Killing Children Over There
'71 I Think I'll Make Another World
'72: Eye Contact
'73: It Could Have Been Paradise
'74: No
'75: My Mama Ain't
'76: Hustle 76
'77: Life Ain't All Bad
'78: The Blizzard Of '78
'79: Rock'n'roll Will Ruin Your Life
'80: London By Jetpack
'81: How To Play The Synthesizer
'82: Happy Beeping
'83: Foxx And I
'84: Danceteria!
'85: Why I Am Not A Teenager
'86: How I Failed Ethics
'87: At The Pyramid
'88: Ethan Frome
'89: The 1989 Musical Marching Zoo
'90: Dreaming In Tetris
'91: The Day I Finally...
'92: Weird Diseases
'93: Me And Fred And Dave And Ted
'94: Haven't Got A Penny
'95: A Serious Mistake
'96: I'm Sad!
'97: Eurodisco Trio
'98: Lovers' Lies
'99: Fathers In The Clouds
'00: Ghosts Of The Marathon Dancers
'01: Have You Seen It In The Snow?
'02: Be True To Your Bar
'03: The Ex And I
'04: Cold-Blooded Man
'05: Never Again
'06: "Quotes"
'07: In The Snow White Cottages
'08: Surfin'
'09: Till You Come Back To Me
'10: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
'11: Stupid Tears
'12: You Can Never Go Back To New York
'13: Big Enough For Both Of Us
'14: I Wish I Had Pictures
'15: Somebody's Fetish
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