The Magnetic Fields - '82: Happy Beeping Lyrics

The Magnetic Fields Lyrics

"'82: Happy Beeping"

My mother found another jerk
A drummer - jazz - who liked to smirk
At those who lacked his special skills
Keeping loose time with little fills

One morn I found my counterpoint
Homework torn up, tacked to my door
Like Luther's 95 Theses
A note explained what this was for

"Happy Beeping" it said
"Happy Beeping" it read
The creep had come a-creeping
Happy Beeping

He clearly hated Neu! and Can
Cluster, and Eno, and Japan
Though, to be fair, he liked my books
He took my Richard Brautigan

"Happy Beeping" it said
"Happy Beeping" it read
In the night while I was sleeping
Happy Beeping

"Happy Beeping" it said
"Happy Beeping" it read
In the night while I was sleeping
Happy Beeping

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Writer(s): Stephin Merritt

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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"'82: Happy Beeping" lyrics

The Magnetic Fields Lyrics