The Desperate Things You Made Me Do - The Magnetic Fields

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Time provides the rope
But love will tie the slipknot
And I will be the chair you kick away
You don't even like anything you like
Or the people you know
And all of your reasons to stay alive died
(C): I dedicate this song to you
For all the desperate things you made me do
I'd like to beat you black and blue
For all the agony you have put me through
Front seat stained with love
A back full of bibles
Purloined from the drawers of lost motels
They say when you're older you'll understand
You know it's a lie
'cause you've got a twisted and mangled heart
(C)
Down Route 66
You pilfered love and green stamps
W.C. Fields with Mae West in your eyes
They say every clock's a blunt instrument
Crushing the skull
But you've got a vice to rest your head in
(C)

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[billlibooo]

thank you so much for posting this ONE OF my very many FAVE magnectic fields songs!!!!

[freestylee19]

CAN somebody upload I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY? Thanks!!

[SlangForEyesores]

"front seat stained with love

a back seat full of bibles, purloined from the drawers of lost motels"

That part always sends a chill up my spine.

[6969gorilla]

so stoked they are coming to my home state for two nights:) now to go to night one or night 2? anyone ever been to a live performance? i am going for sure, ugh just cant make up my mind whether to go night one, tow or both;) also probably the best songwriter since song existed on earth;)

[plaidrunner]

Its so hard to give the creepy credence with a voice and music like that

[godseyeview]

love it  magnetic fields is the best.

[florsoria1]

Excelenteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[eindoppelganger]

@BlumeShullman Resting your head in a vice is ironic - resting your head in a clamp or a squeezing device... also vice has a double meaning for "a sin"

Green Stamps were a common item in the 50s to the 70s in the USA. They were stamps you git at some stores with your purchase. Collect enough and you could cash them in for cheap junk in a green stamp store - The line equates love with a coupon redeemable for something cheap and useless.

[BlumeShullman]

@PureAmbition33 thank you for the time you took to explain it to me.

[PureAmbition33]

@BlumeShullman W.C Fields and Mae West were rogues in our history, wiki them? A vice to rest your head in......a vice (which I'm sure you know) being a torture device, meaning, i think, she has the ability to destroy herself.

[PureAmbition33]

@BlumeShullman Route 66 is a famous road here in America. It existed before we had the interstate systems that made travel faster, but took away the character of traveling, all the little towns, sights, etc. My take on the next line is this....she took and disposed of love just as she put a tab of acid on her tongue and let it dissolve...but I could be wrong.

[BlumeShullman]

Ho... i love this song! But... i am french, so there are parts i don't understand.

in fact, all the last part!

"Down Route 66

You pilfered love and green stamps

W.C. Fields with Mae West in your eyes"

and

"But you've got a vice to rest your head in"

I understand the words, but what does it mean? O.o