From the recording Piti Theatre and Carrie Ferguson's Greatest Bits Volume I
Written by Jonathan Mirin and Carrie Ferguson
Performed by Carrie Ferguson and Tommy Byrnes and Ian Byrnes
Produced by Tommy Byrnes and Carrie Ferguson
Recorded and Mixed by Tommy Byrnes at Sovereignty Music Services, Bernardston, MA
Mastered by Angelo Quaglia, Northfire Recording Studio
Lyrics
Electromagnet Star
By Jonathan Mirin and Carrie Ferguson
What’s the secret of my force?
Electric current, it’s a powerful source
I’m an electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star
I got a wire coil inside of me
Flowing with electricity
Wrapped around a metal core
Of ferromagnetic soft iron ore
Electromagnet, that’s what I am
Electromagnet, let me say it again
Electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star
Well, I get a lot of work in industry
In loudspeakers, generators, MRI machines
You can use me to make your motor go
All I need is that electric flow
Electromagnet, that’s what I am
Electromagnet, let me say it again
Electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star
Yeah!
Whoah!
Uh huh!
Hey!
When you flip the switch and the voltage flows
The stronger the current, the stronger I pull
But when you turn me off, I must confess
I’m just another weak magnet like all of the rest
Electromagnet, that’s what I am
Electromagnet, let me say it again
Electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star
Yeah!
Whoah!
Uh huh!
Hey!
Electromagnet, that’s what I am
Electromagnet, let me say it again
Electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star
Yeah, electromagnet, that’s what I am
Electromagnet, let me say it again
Electromagnet, I can lift a car
Electromagnet, I’m a magnet star