'78: The Blizzard of '78 - The Magnetic Fields

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

25 people died shoveling snow

Have that done by somebody you hate

166 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 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 any body 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