You Can Do Magic

Album: View from the Ground (1982)
Charted: 59 8
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  • I never believed in things that I couldn't see
    I said if I can't feel it then how can it be
    No, no magic could happen to me
    And then I saw you

    I couldn't believe it, you took my heart
    I couldn't retrieve it, said to myself
    What's it all about
    Now I know there can be no doubt

    You can do magic
    You can have anything that you desire
    Magic, and you know
    You're the one who can put out the fire

    You know darn well
    When you cast your spell you will get your way
    When you hypnotize with your eyes
    A heart of stone can turn to clay

    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo

    And when the rain is beatin' upon the window pane
    And when the night it gets so cold, when I can't sleep
    Again you come to me
    I hold you tight, the rain disappears
    Who would believe it
    With a word you dry my tears

    You can do magic
    You can have anything that you desire
    Magic, and you know
    You're the one who can put out the fire

    You know darn well
    When you cast your spell you will get your way
    When you hypnotize with your eyes
    A heart of stone can turn to clay

    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo

    And If I wanted to
    I could never be free
    I never believed it was true
    But now it's so clear to me

    You can do magic
    You can have anything that you desire
    Magic, and you know
    You're the one who can put out the fire

    You know darn well
    When you cast your spell you will get your way
    When you hypnotize with your eyes
    A heart of stone can turn to clay

    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo
    Doo, doo, doo
    You're the one who can put out the fire
    Doo, doo, doo
    You're the one who can put out the fire
    Doo, doo, doo
    You're the one who can put out the fire Writer/s: Russell Glyn Ballard
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenI didn't realize for years that America did this song. It sounded nothing at all like their previous hits.
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