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Papa Was a Rodeo
The Magnetic Fields Lyrics
I like your twisted point of view, Mike
I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now
that I leave early in the morning
and I won't be back till next year
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
but maybe you should plug it with a beer, cause
Papa was a rodeo, Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas, Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
The light reflecting off the mirror ball
looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar
How can you live in a place like this
Why don't you just get into my car
and I'll take you away I'll take that kiss now, but
(Boy) Papa was a rodeo
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me
Papa was a rodeo
Before you kiss me you should know, Papa was a rodeo
What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Stephin Merritt
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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TitusPazmany
I like your twisted point of view, Mike
I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now
that I leave early in the morning
and I won't be back till next year
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
but maybe you should plug it with a beer, cause
Papa was a rodeo - Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas - Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough for a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
The light reflecting off the mirror ball
looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar
How can you live in a place like this
Why don't you just get into my car
and I'll take you away I'll take that kiss now, but
Papa was a rodeo...
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me
(boy) Papa was a rodeo...
Before you kiss me you should know - Papa was a rodeo
What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too
missdomino140
you know when you hear the first few bars of a song and it just has you? You must include it in your regular morning repertoire and play the shit out of it over and over? Yeah, this was that song this morning for me. Love that feeling
Ian Smith
like #69 :)
Colonthree Enterprises
I don't like it because I exhaust songs by doing that and I never listen to them again. ;_;
Amor Extranjero
missdomino140 I agree with you. It's nice to see other people feel the same about a particular song.
Stan Usher
A song to listen to at least once a day
Ruby Belle
this whole record feels very personal, like I am reading someone's journal
Sami Weber
This song is so wonderful. It always gives me shivers
Frezy
One of my favorite albums/bands. Great lyrics, nice voices and the quantity of songs on their albums is impressive :)
Albianism
Brilliant work. Bass voice's always good, then combine that with avant garde lyrics, yep, perty damn kewl.
Nice to know RadioNZ play's this sort of coolness
Wally Iverson
Rediscovered this band after a decade. Still as good.