A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off

Stephin Merritt

[Verse 1]
Eligible, not too stupid
Intelligible and cute as Cupid
Knowledgeable, but not always right
Salvageable and free for the night

[Chorus]
Well, my heart's running 'round like a chicken with its head cut off
All around the barnyard falling in and out of love
The poor thing's blind as a bat
Getting up, falling down, getting up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off?
Whoa, Nellie

[Verse 2]
My wife doesn't understand me
Many dozens hope to land me
I'm for free love and I'm in free fall
This could be love or nothing at all

[Chorus]
Well, my heart's running 'round like a chicken with its head cut off
All around the barnyard falling in and out of love
The poor thing's blind as a bat
Getting up, falling down, getting up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off?

[Bridge]
We don't have to be stars exploding in the night
Or electric eels under the covers
We don't have to be anything quite so unreal
Let's just be lovers

[Chorus]
Well, my heart's running 'round like a chicken with its head cut off
All around the barnyard falling in and out of love
Poor thing's blind as a bat
Getting up, falling down, getting up
Who'd fall in love with a chicken with its head cut off?

It ain't pretty

Trivia about the song A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off by The Magnetic Fields

On which albums was the song “A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off” released by The Magnetic Fields?
The Magnetic Fields released the song on the albums “69 Love Songs” in 1999 and “69 Love Songs, Volume One” in 1999.
Who composed the song “A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off” by The Magnetic Fields?
The song “A Chicken with Its Head Cut Off” by The Magnetic Fields was composed by Stephin Merritt.

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