Electric Light Orchestra

It Really Doesn't Matter

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I spent some time across the waves
I learned a lot of things I never could
I waved my magic wand over the past
I never understood

Chorus:
It really doesn't matter at all
It really doesn't matter at all
If you found what you were lookin' for
It really doesn't matter at all

We strolled around on different ground
There must have been some kind of reason
Nothing ventured nothing found
Must have been the wrong season

Chorus: repeat

I flew you high I flew you low
I flew you all the way around
You played for me your pretty tune
Now look what I have found

Chorus: repeat

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kenobi65 On Jun 14, 2002

Can't Get It Out Of My Head

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by wildwindsc

13y ago

jeff lynnes writing on the zoom album is par his usual musings on feelings of longing, regret and loss. Zoom I believe refers to his recent new girlfriend and his breakup with his wife. 1st verse a past reflection of living in LA after England, he learned alot in LA, and reflects past success and current success as "waving his magic wand " 2nd verse, refers to rosie vella who he had met years previously but did not find "common ground" nothing was ventured and muses it must have been the wrong season. 3rd They worked together at length in real life , and he flew her high low etc etc , then she sang him a song. The repeating chorus is now that he found her, and it doesn't matter how it happened it did and that's good enough.

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