The Night You Can't Remember

The Magnetic Fields · 69 Love Songs Pt. 3 [1999]

Before you left your garrison

You'd had a drink, maybe two

You don't remember Paris, hon

But it remembers you



It's true, we flew to Paris, dear

Aboard an Army jet

The night you can't remember

The night I can't forget



You said I was terrific

It meant zilch to you, ah

But I have our marriage certificate

And I'll keep it till I die



You were an Army officer

And I just a Rochette

The night you can't remember

The night I can't forget



No rose conveyed your sentiments

Not even a petunia

But you've got vague presentiments

And I've got little Junior



You said, nobody loves me

And I said, wanna bet?

The night you can't remember

The night I can't forget