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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Magnetic Fields
Performer
Stephin Merritt
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephin Merritt
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Charles Newman
Additional Engineer
Christopher Ewen
Additional Engineer
Claudia Gonson
Additional Engineer
Eric Masunaga
Additional Engineer
Jeff Lipton
Mastering Engineer
Jon Berman
Additional Engineer
Stephin Merritt
Producer
Lyrics
[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
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
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?
[Verse 3]
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
Written by: The Magnetic Fields