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Magpies on Fire
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS SONG
Performances
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Released On
Magpies on Fire / Victorian Machinery
September 07, 2012
Single
Appears On
I'm with You [Australian Tour Edition]
January 13, 2013 · Studio Album
I'm Beside You
November 29, 2013 · Compilation
Working Title
Magpies
Recorded On
September 13, 2010 - March 18, 2011
East West Studios · Los Angeles, CA
Lyrics
Magpies on fire
Making love like little wolves out on the porch
Can lead to medicine
Oh well I'm game for anything at all

Scare crow's a liar
Spins a yarn and no one ever checked it out
To see if it was real
Sold you the moon and now it's time to fall

All along it's like a bird
Who's trapped alone inside your cage, love

What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before

All and all it's just the call
Of something wild beyond your room
There's a changing of the major chord
Your minor threat will do, love

My gun misfired
Shot myself instead, I guess I always knew
I'd be the one to lose
That screen door slams, time to make a move

(Help me!)

What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before

All in all it's like the bird trapped inside the cage, love
A bird who's born to live at half your age, girl
A bird who's never really had a say

What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before

Least of all she's like a bird
Who's now been freed from someone's cage
Performances
Partial Performances

'Magpies on Fire' has never been performed live

However, it was partially performed 1 time:

AUG 31

2012
Arena Nationala
Bucharest, Romania
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