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The Magnetic Fields perform "'74 No" from the 2017 album 50 Song Memoir: http://smarturl.it/50SongMemoir

'74 No

Is there a man in heaven looking out for you
Is there a place dead loved ones go?
Is there a source of wisdom that will see you through?
Will there be peace in our time?
No.

We knew Karmu, a faith healer—the black Christ, he said—
Laying his hands on high and low
Did he cure colds and cancer, and bring back the dead?
Did he refuse donations?
No.

My friend Scott says there’s flying saucers
Hiding inside our hollow moon
And then there’s Karl, the card-carrying communist
Cause revolution’s coming ‘soon’

And Carolyn believes in Fairies
And Gabrielle believes in ghosts
Yoshe believes in reincarnation
And David, in heavenly hosts

My mother believes that this physical universe
Is a big holographic show
And she says someday science’ll catch up with her
Has she a shred of evidence?
No.