Zebra

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

So we got married in Venice in June, so what?

We circled the earth in a hot air balloon, so what?



And the rest of our lives

Is one long honeymoon

Well, that doesn't mean we're in love



If you really loved me

You'd buy me a beautiful pearl

But you've already bought me

All of the pearls in the world



So there's one thing I crave

When my days become ho-hum and blah

I want a zebra



We've got so many tchotchkes

We've practically emptied the Louvre

In most of our palaces

There's hardly room to manoeuvre



Well I shan't go to Bali today

I must stay home and hoovre

Up the gold dust

That doesn't mean we're in love



If you really loved me

You'd buy me the Great Pyramid

Oh, I'm so forgetful, you already did



But there's one think I need

If you won't think I'm greedy, my dear

Another zebra

Zelda looks lonely, I want a zebra