The Magnetic Fields - The Blizzard of '78 lyrics

One ten year old was found after three weeks
In a snowdrift ten feet from his door
Some fell asleep in their cars
And awakened no more

Twenty-five people died shoveling snow
Have that done by somebody you hate
One hundred-sixty-six looters arrested
But wait

I spent the blizzard of '78
On a commune in Northern Vermont
With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want

Music was very much not allowed
So we said "Hey kids, let's start a band"
Proof that Ganesh loves us
There was no tape deck at hand

The first band I'd had was
Called "One and a Half"


We were a duo, technically
So if Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a band
So were we

I spent the blizzard of '78
On a commune in Northern Vermont
With all the Ursula Le
Guin anybody could want

I played guitar, Chris played tin cans
Caroline played tambourine
Chris was 11, Caroline 12, I 13

We called ourselves "the Black Widows"
We weren't the last nor the first
But we were almost certainly by far the worst

We made the Cramps sound orchestral
That's an achievement, I guess
As for rehearsal
We made the Shaggs sound like Yes

I spent the blizzard of '78
On a commune in Northern Vermont
With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want
It was hell