'82: Happy Beeping - The Magnetic Fields

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