Yo yo yo
Come on, come on
Now every evening, when all my day's work is through
I call my baby and ask her what we could do
I mention movies, she doesn't seem to dig that
And then she asks me why don't I come to her flat
And have some supper and let the evening pass by
By playing records, the sounds of groovy hi-fi
I say yeh yeh yeh
That's what I say, I say yeh yeh yeh
My baby loves me, she gets me feelin' so fine
And when she loves me, she lets me know that she's mine
And when she kisses, I feel the fire get hot
She never misses, she gives it all that she's got
And when she asks me if everything is okay
I give the answer, the only thing I could say
I say yeh yeh yeh
That's what I say, I say yeh yeh yeh
We'll play a melody
And turn the lights down low so no one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there'd be no one else alive
In all the world except for you and me
Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh
Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh
And pretty baby, I never knew such a thrill
It's hard to tell you, because I'm trembling still
No need to ask me if everything is okay
I've got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeh yeh yeh
That's what I say, I say yeh yeh yeh
Ahh, open your mind
To electric guitar
Open your mind
We'll play a melody
And turn the lights down low so no one can see
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
We gotta do that, we gotta do that
And there'd be no one else alive
In all the world except for you and me
Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh
Yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh
And pretty baby, I never knew such a thrill
It's hard to tell you, because I'm trembling still
But pretty baby, I want you all for my own
I think I'm ready to leave these others alone
No need to ask me if everything is okay
I've got my answer, the only thing I can say
I say yeh yeh yeh
That's what I say, I say yeh yeh yeh
That's what I say, I say yeh yeh yeh
Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a plane
Made of a raincoat
But when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need a friend
To talk you down
Needing a friend to talk you down
Is food that comes from a pipe
But when you hate the food
That comes from a pipe
You will turn to drugs
To help you sleep
Turning to drugs to help you sleep
Will only lead to sleep
And sleeping is a gateway drug
To being awake, being awake, being awake again
Being awake is swimming around in a lake
Of the undead
And the undead are like
A bunch of friends
That demand constant attention
Demanding constant attention
Will only lead to attention
And once they have your attention
They use it to ask for attention
And once they have that attention
They use it to ask for attention
Wearing a raincoat is flying around in a yellow rubber airplane
Made out of a raincoat, yes but when you think of that
You hurt your mind
And you'll need your mind
For later on
Needing a mind for later on
Is a friend that comes at a price
But when you hate the friend
That comes at a price
You will play the drums
To help you sleep
I was working all night in my office
when a man I had recently killed
called me up from a phone near my building
so I looked out the window at him
he had the same obsequious manner
that was the reason I had him killed
so to calm my nerves I sang this song
to him, over the phone
Turn around, turn around
There's a thing there that can be found
Turn around, turn arcound
It's a human skull on the ground
Human skull on the ground
Turn around
I was out by myself in the graveyard
I was doing an interpretive dance
when I felt something heavy and pointed
strike me in the back of the neck
and then the ghost of my dance instructor
pushed me down into an open grave
and as dirt rained down she played a xylophone
and sang me this song
We were waving our arms out the window
of a fast moving passenger train
acting in an irresponsible fashion
until the engineer whose back had been turned
and who we thought would find us highly amusing
quickly swiveled his head around
and his face which was a paper-white mask of evil
The Mesopotamians
We've been driving around
From one end of this town to the other and back
But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
And no one's ever heard of our band
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
Half believing there will sometime come a day
Someone gives a damn
Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
And making cracks in the ground
But there's nowhere else to stand
In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
The land where we invisibly rule
As the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
This is my last stick of gum
I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
Except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan
Hey, Ashurbanipal,
I'm a Mesopotamian
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
"Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
I thought you crashed your car"
"No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
For the Mesopotamians"
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
We're the Mesopotamians
Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
Take Out The Trash
Girl! Why not take out the trash?
And once you get him out, tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Put that cat in the bin!
After what he said, after everything he did.
You had him figured out a while ago
And I know it's not exactly breaking news
But it's all been a little like a trial for you
And a bunch more talking won't make him true
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash?
And once you get him out tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Why not give him the slip?
Get the crooked straight
Get the go-getter good and gone
Right! It's just plain that he's just making it up,
And he's still got you coming back for more.
Why you never ever think of breaking it up,
Tell me, what bad deal's gonna close that door?
Ah, c'mon, Girl! Why not take out the trash?
And once you get him out, tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Why not give him the slip?
Get the crooked straight
Get the go-getter good and gone
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
But some boys are the same and it's Thursday now
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
But some boys are the same and it's Thursday now
I'm not saying all the boys are the same
But some boys are the same and it's Thursday now
Girl! Why not take out the trash?
And once you get him out, tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Put that cat in the bin!
After what he said, after everything he did.
Girl! Why not take out the trash?
Girl! Why not take out the trash?
Ah, come on, Girl! Why not take out the trash?
And once you get him out, tell him not to come back again.
Girl! Why not give him the slip?
Get the crooked straight
Get the go-getter good and gone
There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made
A rich man once told me
";Hey life's a funny thing";
A poor man once told me
That he can't afford to speak
Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'cause
There's just two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made
So I went to the President
And I asked old what's-his-name
Has he ever gotten writer's block
Or something like the same
He just started talking
Like he was on TV
";If there's just two songs in ya, boy
Whaddaya want from me?";
So I bought myself some denim pants
And a silver guitar
But I politely told the ladies
";You'll still have to call me Sir
Because I have to keep my self-respect
I'll never be a star
Since there's just two songs in me
And this is Number Three";
Fell in the door
And you fell on the floor
With your hand on the knob
Looking up and abruptly
Forget what you're thinking
Fire alarms go off in your head
You live
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
Drug trip, it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted
Space walk, it's like a space walk with the corresponding weight loss
And you're nothing but air, with your hand in the air
And your shoelaces tied up together with care
There's a feeling of boredom
Of the big whoredom
Following dressing up
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon
Your head is on the moon
It's not necessary to breathe
Forever is a long time
Your head is on the moon
It's not necessary to breathe
Forever is a long time
Your head is on the moon
Your head is on the moon
Lazy Head and Sleepy Bones
Always disagree
Though everybody says they should be friends
They're too tired to see
When Sleepy Bones says he's feeling tired
Lazy Head wants to rest
When Lazy Head says it's "number one"
Sleepy Bones says it's "best"
When Lazy Head uses imagination
Sleepy Bones daydreams
Sleepy Bones says, "It's not what it looks like"
And Lazy Head says, "It's not what it seems"
Lazy Head and Sleepy Bones
Always disagree
Though everybody says they should be friends
They're too tired to see
When Lazy Head says somebody's "skinny"
Sleepy Bones says "thin"
When Sleepy Bones says "identical"
Lazy Head says "twin"
When Lazy Head says the window is "closed"
Sleepy Bones says it's "shut"
When Sleepy Bones says that something "isn't"
Lazy Head says, "It's not"
Lazy Head and Sleepy Bones
Both take naps so long
And even though they should be friends
They can't get along
Lazy Head and Sleepy Bones
Always disagree
Though everybody says they should be friends
They're too tired to see
Can I have this last dance, my darling?
Can I have this last dance with you?
I wanna dance the whole night tonight
And can I have this last dance, my darling?
Can I have this last dance with you?
These are the words that he told to the fellow next door
Mainstream, U.S.A.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A.
Is all I wanna say
Mainstream, U.S.A.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A.
Is all I wanna say
We are the world (back off, fool)
We are (I'm talking to you)
We are the world (back off, fool)
Mainstream, U.S.A.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A.
Is all I wanna say
Mainstream, U.S.A.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A.
Is all I wanna say
Notes
The lyrics above are as heard on the original Dial-a-Song version. The following verse is tacked on to the end of the LoFi (DAS Online) version, and is sung superimposed with the first verse in the Then version:
As I rode the subway this morning
There was a man with a boat beside me
And he tapped out rhythms with a smile on his face
And the tip of his finger
That he found on the floor
And these are the words that he told to the fellow next door
Flans: When I was 39 years old, I heard a story. I found out that there [are] people walking among us who have superpowers. These people are called Supertasters. To a Supertaster, bitter fruits taste far more bitter, and sweets far more sweet. Then, just a few months ago, I had the chance to meet a real, live Supertaster named John Lee.
And this is his true story:
Nothing tastes the same (nothing tastes the same)
To a Supertaster (Supertaster)
When he tastes a pear (tastes a pear)
It's like a hundred pears (it's like a million pears)
He's got superpowers (superpowers)
He is a Supertaster (Supertaster)
Every flavor explodes (explodes and explodes)
Explodes and explodes
John Lee Supertaster
Tastes more than we do
Everything has a flavor
Some flavors are too much
Can't shut his mouth (can't shut his mouth)
'Cause he's a Supertaster (Supertaster)
Though he looks like a man (talks like a man)
He is a Supertaster (Supertaster)
Can't drink coffee or beer (coffee or beer)
'Cause he's a Supertaster (Supertaster)
Loves ice cream and pie (ice cream and pie)
He is a Supertaster
John Lee Supertaster
Tastes more than we know
Everything has a flavor
Some flavors must go
Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (Someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away
Tippy-toe to the front door, Mother,
'Cause there's a guy with a long, long fuse
And the one thing you can't hide is all the fear you feel inside
As the fuse is spelling out these words
Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (Someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away
Tippy-toe to the flat-bed, Father,
Because they're pouring out our gasoline
And sadly the cross-eyed bear's been put to sleep behind the stairs
And his shoes are laced with irony
Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (Someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away
Hello. This is Leslie Down with the daily home astrology report.
Taurus: Contemplate domestic turmoil.
Aquarius: Abandon hope for future plans.
Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (Someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away (hide away)
Hide away (folk family) folk family (Or else someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away
Hide away
Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street
I stood in waiting for a girl I knew at the spot where we agreed to meet
It was four minutes of two
At four of two, I stood waiting for the girl
I was four minutes early for the date we had planned
I was planning to say I would kiss her on the lips
Just as soon as lorna showed for a two o'clock date
And the clock said four of two
At four of two, I was staring into space
She was not yet late, according to the clock
I was feeling nervous so I kept looking up
At the clock sticking out of the side of the building
And it still said four of two
At four of two, I began to feel tired
And I rubbed my eyes, and again I checked the time
It seemed as if the sky was growing dark...
But I felt reassured when I looked at the clock
And it still said four of two
I lay my head down on the sidewalk so in case she were coming I would have a better view
But no one was there so I stretched out and closed my eyes for a second or two
It was four minutes of two
At once I awoke to a futuristic world
There were flying cars and gigantic metal bugs
I'd grown a beard; it was long and white
But I knew that the girl would be coming very soon
For though everything had changed, there was still that clock
And it still said four of two
Now I'm telling the truth
I'm finished with lies, lies
If you don't believe me now
You'll never believe me now
I should have my head examined
They'll see when they look inside
I won't have to say a word
I'll stop thinking what I shouldn't be thinking
I'll make everyone believe me
Can't you see I'm telling the truth
I'm finished with lies, lies
If you don't believe me now
You'll never believe me now
You'll think it's a lie
Couldn't we just put away the ancient history
Throw up our hands at the unsolved mysteries
I'm going to have my head examined
I'll prove you were wrong about me
Move the needle telepathically
I'll turn everything around and confuse you
Talk faster and faster till i lose you
I'll fix it so you can't remember what was true
And there'll be nothing to remind you
Starting now I'm telling the truth
I'm finished with lies, lies
If you don't believe me now
You'll never believe me now
Now I'm telling the truth
I'm finished with lies, lies
If you don't believe me now
You'll never believe me now
Lies, lies
You'll think it's a lie
You'll think it's a lie
You'll think it's a lie
A hardly has an appetite and pokes at food too long
and B can barely bother because all the food is wrong
C likes only candy and chocolate by the box
D is just disinterested in anything you've got
But E eats everything
yeah E eats everything
E eats everything
yeah E eats everything
so toss it on a plastic plate or stick it with a fork
serve it on a shovel or serve it on a spork
yeah E eats everything
yeah E eats everything
F is far too fussy and only eats with fancy wine
G eats only gourmet but never can decide
H burns food so horrible
all I tastes is smoke
J just likes drinking juice
and K drinks only soda
but E eats everything
yeah E eats everything
he's eating in a moving car
he's eating upside down
he's eating on a space ship
he's eating off the ground
L and M and N and P won't start till O arrives
Q and R and S and T are wearing clothes much too tight
U and V and W are worn out from this song
and X and Y just will not share and will not get along
but E eats everything
yeah E eats everything
but look out now here it comes that final letter Z
now Z's not like the other letters Z's only eating Es
yeah Z eats Es
yeah Z eats Es
Z eats Es
yeah Z eats Es
(chorus)
I tell you how to cyclops rock,
but then you go and turn around and break my heart,
you waste my cyclops time,
and mess up my cyclops mind.
I'm sick, like Chuckie was sick, my defeated heart keeps beating on,
I won't die, like Chuckie won't die, but I'm not here to socialize,
Gotta find a new place to hang out, cuz I'm tired of living in hell.
I'm a mess since you cut me out, but Chuckies arm keeps me company,
I'm a fright, with my tombstone smile, all the children run away from me.
Gotta find new friends to hang with, cuz you're all afraid of me.
(chorus)
(instrumental)
It was sweet, like lead paint is sweet, but the after-effect left me parylized,
I just stare with my one glass eye, hpoing you won't be back again.
There's a whole new generation, waiting to be wrecked by you.
(chorus)
(bridge)
pony, swist, monkey and freug, these are the things that I tell to you.
hitchhike, bogie, hypocrite pop, I'm stuck in a vat outside of New York, ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!
(chorus)
I'm goin' down to cowtown
Cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
The yellow Roosevelt avenue leaf overturned
The ardor of our bore reality is an adventure
We have spurned, we've spurned
A new leaf overturned
It's a new leaf overturned
And so I'm goin' down to cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
We yearn to swim for home
But our only home is bone
How sleepless is the egg
Knowing that which throws the stone
Foresees the bone, the bone
Our only home is bone
Our only home is bone
And so I'm goin' down to cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Yes I'm goin' down to cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Yes I'm gonna see
(I'm gonna see)
The cow
(The cow)
On this fateful day, in the history of whenever,
An epidemic of missing letters has swept the land.
Whatever the cause, for the sake of future generations,
In the limited time we have been permitted, these stories must be told.
There was an apple that lost his 'a'
There was a zebra that lost his 'z'
There was a chauffeur that left his 'auffer' on the dashboard
Of the car that lost its 'r'
Well, the car had lost its 'r' in a pothole
On a street that lost its 'e'
When the garbage collector with a missing 'ector' swept it up
With a broom that lost its 'oom'
Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together-
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
There was a school that lost its 'cool'
when they tired to ring the bell that had no 'l'
With all the letters gone, the spelling bee was canceled
Science teachers had their hands full
English classes could not be complete
Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together
Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together
Crowds of people, animals, and incomplete words have been seen at a previously unknown place to be referred to as-
The alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found) (how could they survive without their letters)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get together)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get together)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get together)
(They Might Be Giants/Tony Maimone/Brian Doherty)
---The words, unfortunately, are not on the sheet.---
---TMBG used a Copyrighted product name, and that ---
---product vendor (Ny-Quil) didn't take it well. ---
She's got her ear to the walls and she's tappin' the calls
If you've got a secret boy, forget about it, 'cause she's a
Hotel Detective
my little
Hotel Detective
yeah she's a
Hotel Detective
Why don't you check her out
Well the bellhop is funky
The dumbwaiter's a monkey
If there's a knock at the door, boy, forget about it, 'cause she's a
Hotel Detective
my little
Hotel Detective
yeah
Hotel Detective
Cone on and check her out
She says she likes my face
She says she owns the place
Forget about it, 'cause she's a
Hotel Detective
my little
Hotel Detective
come on her
Hotel Detective
Why don't you check her out
Hotel Detective
Come on and swing with me
Hotel Detective
From the top of a tree
Hotel Detective
And make me feel like a bee
Hotel Detective
That's where I want to know you
O, do not forsake me, my indolent friends
O, do not forsake me though you know I must spend
All my darkest hours talking like this
For I am one thousand years old
One thousand years old
Sure, you think that's old
One thousand years old
But what do you know?
In my darkest hour I'm talking like this
For I am one thousand years oldOh, some have forgotten the flower of speech
And walks through the garden where I go to defend
Misbegotten notions while talking like this
For I am one thousand years old
One thousand years old
Sure, I'd say that's old
One thousand years old
But what do I know?
In your darkest hour, my indolent friends
We'll be one thousand years old
It's your own worst enemy
Ringing the bell on the door
And the person inside says nobody's home
So your own worst enemy peeks inside
And sees you softly weeping as some music fills the room
And the song they play
Is that guy with the messed up face
Going "Precious and few are the moments that you
And your own worst enemy share"
Full bottle in front of me
Time to roll up my sleeves
And get to work
And after many glasses of work
I get paid
In the brain
And the song they play
Is that guy with the messed up face
Going "Precious and few are the moments that you
And your own worst enemy share"
And the song they play
Is that guy with the messed up face
Going "Precious and few are the moments that you
And your own worst enemy share"
You'll always miss my big old body
In its prime and never shoddy,
While bloodhounds wait down in the lobby you'll eulogize my big old body
You'll miss me with effigies
Lighting up your house like Xmas trees
As tears roll down below your knees
You'll miss me with effigies
Go find a man to fit my shoes
Left one's old and the right one's new
And I bought the right one just for you
Go find a man to fit my shoes
You'll see my teeth in the stars above
Every tree a finger of my glove
And every time push comes to shove
You'll see my teeth in the stars above
Your money talks but my genius walks
Morticians wait with a shovel and a fork
As detectives trace my hands with chalk
Your money talks but my genius walks
You'll miss me so
You will miss me
It must be raining because a man ain't supposed to cry
But I look up and I don't see a cloud
Once a boy named Mister Me bemoaned a great regret
I've floundered in the misty sea, but can't abide its mystery
I wound up sad, you bet
So onward go and Edward Ho into the bounding main
Enjoy the show look out below but mind the misty sea
Or end up sad like Mister Me
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
So take the hand of Mister Me and mister, make him glad
To swim the Mister Misty Sea and cease the Mister Mystery
That mister, made him sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting Penguins
Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Skateboards, Skateboards
Skateboards, Skateboards
Hippos are from Helicopters
Hippos are from Helicopters
Hippos are from Helicopters
High
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting Penguins
There's a knock at the door that I adore
There's a face at the window, a smiling yellow face
There's a knock at the door
And if I were at home they'd find me there
There's a note on the door that I would see
And the furniture's barely been moved from where it was
There's a note on the door
And the note would say when it rains it snows
When it rains it snows, I wonder why
And now I know that when it rains it snowsThere's a nut with a shotgun bang bang bang
There's a doctor, a waitress, a fireman with a hat
There's a nut with a gun
There's enough so they'll never know which one
When it rains it snows, I wonder why
And now I know that when it rains it snows
I've been working hard, trying to sing and play guitar
Growing out my hair and practicing my stare
Paid to fake it in a traveling band
And I'm working undercover for the man
Sha-la-la-la-la Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Planning midnight raids on our unsuspecting fans
While the roadies rig the video surveillance van
Paid to fake it in a traveling band
And I'm working undercover for the man
Sha-la-la-la-la Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la Sha-la-la-la-la-la
I've been working hard, practicing to sing and play guitar
Growing out my hair and working on my stare
Paid to fake it in a traveling band
And I'm working undercover for the man
Sha-la-la-la-la Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la-la Sha-la-la-la-la-la
Withered Hope
Very Sad Sack is a sad bag
Very, very sad
Very Sad Sack
Withered Hope says she is his friend to the end,
But she doesn't like Very Sad Sack
Today Withered Hope saw the Very Sad Sack
And she tried not to meet his eyes
And he cut out a paper heart, pinned it to his arm
Gave her everything he was holding in his head
This is what he said:
Withered Hope, I'm in love with you
Want to live with you, Withered Hope
Are you going to say to me this can never be?
Are you going to say to me, Withered Hope?
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
Withered Hope says she has a soul mate
Living in a city in another state
But the soul mate thinks about a picture in a book of a beautiful crook
And the picture of the crook in the book is in love with the brand new motorbike
But the motorbike doesn't like crooks,
It's obsessed with the Very Sad Sack
Sad Sack, I'm in love with you
Want to live with you, Sad Sack
Are you going to say to me this can never be?
Are you going to say to me, Sad Sack?
Sad Sack
Sad Sack
A, a claw is a claw
And, and, and nobody has seen a, a talking claw
Nobody has seen a talking claw
Unless, unless that claw is the, is the famous, the famous
Unless that claw is the famous
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
(Mr. Klaw)
Mr. Vanity Klaw
(Mr. Klaw)
Mr. Lightning Bulb
(Mr. Klaw)
Mr. Vanity Klaw
(Mr. Klaw)
Mr. Dental Flaw
(Mr. Klaw)
Minimum Wage!
A woman came up to me and said
"I'd like to poison your mind
With wrong ideas that appeal to you
Though I am not unkind."
She looked at me, I looked at something
Written across her scalp
And this is what it faintly said
As I tried to call for help:
CHORUS
There's only one thing
That I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you
Be what you're like
Be like yourself
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark
A man came up to me and said
"I'd like to change your mind
By hitting with a rock," he said,
"Though I am not unkind."
We laughed at his little joke
and then I merrily walked away
And hit my head on the wall of the jail
Where the two of us live todaay
CHORUS
It's knocking off
My diamond wig
Knocking me down
Into the platinum ground
Woke up in a beautiful dream
Alone... Alone...
I got hit by a Mink Car
Hit by a Mink Car
Driven by a Guitar
And the silver Chauffer says
That it's all in your head
When you're 24 carot dead
Dead...
In my dream
She is reaching past my hollow form
And her smile's
An open sign in an abandoned store
I got hit by a Mink Car
Hit by a Mink Car
Driven by a Guitar
And the silver Chauffers says
That it's all in your head
When you're 24 carot dead
Dead...
Dead...
Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms
And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do
When you turn around to look it's gone behind you
On its face it's wearing your confused expression
Where your eyes don't go
Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering
It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering
You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow
But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head
Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders
What the part that isn't thinking isn't thinking of
Should you worry when the skullhead is in front of you
Or is it worse because it's always waiting where your eyes don't go?
Where your eyes don't go a part of you is hovering
It's a nightmare that you'll never be discovering
You're free to come and go or talk like Kurtis Blow
But there's a pair of eyes in back of your head
Where your eyes don't go a filthy scarecrow waves its broomstick arms
And does a parody of each unconscious thing you do
When you turn around to look it's gone behind you
On its face it's wearing your confused expression
Where your eyes don't go
What's that?
That is a letter.
What is that?
That's not a letter.
That's a letter.
That's not a letter.
That is a letter.
Is that a letter?
I don't know what that is.
That's so a letter.
What is that?
Whatever it is, that's not a letter.
That's a letter.
Is that a letter, or what?
instrumental
She set your goldfish free
And now she's sighing
Blew out your pilot light
And made a wish
She doesn't have to have
her db's records back now
But there's not a lot of things
That she'll take back
CHORUS
She wants to see you again
She wants to see you again
See you twisting in the wind
She's not your satellite
She doesn't miss you
So turn off your smoke machine
And Marshall stack
She doesn't have to have
Her Young Fresh Fellows tape back
But there's not a lot of things
That she'll take back
CHORUS
Violin-lin-lin, violin-lin-lin, violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin, violin-lin-lin, violin-lin-lin
Hippo, hippo, hippo, hippo, hippo, hippo, hippo
Mop, mop, mop, mop
Mop, mop, mop, mop, mop
Mop mop mop mop mop
Speck of dust, dust, dust speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
One quarter of George Washington's head
Half of George Washington's head
Three quarters of George Washington's head
All of George Washington's head
Violin-lin-lin violin-lin-lin violin-lin-lin
Upside Down Frown
You say you've got some very excellent news
You say I'm going to die when you tell me
And in my way, I will
But though your words will kill,
I know you'll think that I don't seem to care
It's just because my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
I'm happy at your happiness as well
Your anger makes me mad
Though you can't tell
Believe me when I say
I'm with you in my private way
And though you think I'm trying to blow you off
It's only that my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down
You'd probably like to give me a smack
But there's something about my face
That always keeps you coming back
When I'm with you, the landscape goes all weird
Black is white, and the rainbow has a beard
Are your eyes playing tricks
Or should you get your glasses fixed?
Well, I don't think your eyesight is to blame
The problem is my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down
Why is the world in love again?
Why are we marching hand in hand?
Why are the ocean levels rising up?
It's a brand new record for 1990
They Might Be Giants' brand new album:
Flood
This Ape's for you
He's coming atcha
This ape's for you
Hello
Hello
Hello
I know you deceived me, couldn't sleep last night
Now my tear stains on the wall reflect an ugly sight
I can see your secrets
No need to confess
Everyone looks naked when you know the world's address
The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
Life's parade of fashion just leaves me depressed
Under every garment I can see the world's address
Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong
The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong
The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll say it one more time for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
They Might Be Giants
Here Come The ABCs!
(Children) A! B! C!
Here in the hall of heads
You look through the keyhole
This is the hall of heads
One step through the doorway
Roll out that special head
This is our favorite one
Please don't try to leave
Don't leave the hall of heads
Hide underneath the porch
Hide down behind the furnace
You can't run away
Your feet won't let you run
You can't get away
You can't really hide
Once you hear the call
The song of the hall of heads
You can't run away
Your feet won't let you run
You can't run away
A I Y, O E U
We're the vowel family, and we've come to sing for you
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Ask someone older to show you, there's a vowel in each word
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
A I Y, O E U
We're the vowel family and we're back to sing some more
A is an important letter, well I is important too
Y is an important letter, well O is important too
E is an important letter, U is an important letter
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Ask someone older to show you, there's a vowel in each word
Forsty the supervisor lives by himself
Sometimes I feel sorry for him
Usually I can't
I've turned off my hearing aid
Don't say the electric chair's not good enough
For king-lazy-bones like myself
More coffee for me boss
Because I'm not as messed up as I want to be
Because
Because
I'm trapped in a world before later on,
I'm trapped in a world before later on,
Where's my hovercraft?
Where's my jet pack?
Where's the font of acquired wisdom that eludes me now?
We're trapped in a world before later on,
We're trapped in a world before later on,
Where's our telray?
Where's our space face?
Where are all the complications we won't see around?
The Shadow Government
Driving home from my meth lab
Realized something had changed
Looked in the sky
Saw with my eye
The moon was following me
Where's the shadow government when you need it?
Where's the shadow government?
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad world
Sifting through the confetti,
I picked up my broken phone
Looked in the crack
Somebody waved back
Just sitting on their somebody throne
Where's the shadow government when you need it?
Where's the shadow government?
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps
Up the library steps (Here comes)
Up the library steps (the Humvee)
Up the library steps (the Humvee)
Up the library steps
Crawling out of the flophouse,
I saw the mayor stealing my junk
I doth protest, citizen's arrest
Now my body's in his trunk
Where's the shadow government when you need it?
Where's the shadow government?
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad world
It's a bad, bad
instrumental
There's a house at the top of a tree
There's a house at the top of a tree
In the house there's a room
In the room there's a chair
And sitting in the chair is you
There's a nose at the end of a snout
Of a dog with his head out the window
Of a car that's driving away from the tree
And at the top of a tree there's a house
And in the house there's a room and in the room
There's a chair and in the chair is you
There's a plan to eat the house
In the mind of a mouse in the woods
And the mouse in the woods has a smell that's detected
By the nose at the end of a snout of a dog
And the dog has his head out the window of a car
And the car is driving away from the tree
And at the top of a tree there's a house
And in the house there's a room and in the room
There's a chair and in the chair is you
There are no more potato chips left
In the empty bag in your hand
And the crumpling sound of the empty bag
Makes the mice get mad
And when the mice get mad
It leads to a plan to eat the house
And the plan's in the mind of the mouse in the woods
And the mouse in the woods has a smell that's detected
By the nose at the end of a snout of a dog
And the dog has his head out the window of a car
And the car is driving away from the tree
And at the top of a tree there's a house
And in the house there's a room and in the room
There's a chair and in the chair is you
And the reason there are no more chips
In the empty bag in your hand
Is that the crumpling sound of the empty bag
Makes the mice get mad
Which leads to a plan
To eat the house
But just in time
The dog arrives
To give to the mouse
The potato chips
That you took from the bag
And gave to the dog
To deliver to the mouse
So the mouse would not eat you
Gonna make you cry
Gonna make you crawl
Gonna make you fall in love again
Spines
Gonna make you beg
Gonna make you plead
Gonna make you fall in love with spines
I've been dragging my feet across my back
And I've been rubbing my head against my neck
And I've been walking my fingers through my mind
And I've been feeling this feeling in my spine
The day Marvin Gaye and Phil Ochs got married
The trees all waved their giant arms
And happiness bled from every streetcorner
And biplanes bombed with fluffy pillows
The day Marvin Gaye and Phil Ochs got married
The trees all waved their giant arms
And happiness bled from every streetcorner
And biplanes bombed with fluffy pillows
Ladies and gentlemen
Ladies and gentlemen
Spider
He is our hero
Spider
Get rid of
Spider
Step on spider
Spider
We love you spider
I promise not to kill you
Spider
Spider
We love you spider
Spider
Get rid of
Spider
Must stop
Spider
The Edison Museum, not open to the public
Its haunted towers rise into the clouds above it
Folks drive in from out of town to gaze in amazement when they see it
Just outside the gate, I look into the courtyard
Underneath the gathering thunderstorm
Through the iron bars, I see the Black Mariah
Revolving slowly on its platform
In the topmost tower, a light burns dim
A coiling filament glowing within
The Edison Museum, once a bustling factory,
Today's but a darkened cobweb-covered hive of industry
The tallest, widest, and most famous
Haunted mansion in New Jersey
Behind a wooden door, the voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph
Ghosts float up the stair
Like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in-house staff
A wondrous place it is, there can be no doubt
But no one ever goes in
And no one ever goes out
So when your children quarrel, and nothing seems to quell them
Just tell them that you'll take them to the Edison Museum
The largest independently owned and operated
Mausoleum
I see you from my spy plane, baby
I see you walking on the ground
I see you through my spy glasses, baby
I can see right through the ground
If you want to be a spy then you must really see
And you must really see if you want to be a spy like me
I might gaze on a submarine
I see your face smiling at me
Even when I close my eyes your silhouette is smiling at me
But you will never understand me because I have a special job
I wish I could break the spy glass
Set it free
So we could be...
[Instrumental]
Stomp Box speak my thought
Vent these voices from the dark
Shout shout shout shout
Scream it out
Blast your missive
Tell the wordless message
Little Sompt Box
Tear it from my heart
Stomp Box, voice of ear
Pour the poison in my ear
Kill kill kill kill
Kill me now
Free the demon
HEar the ceaseless sreaming
Little Stomp Box
Tear it from my heart
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing
He asks a girl if they can both sit in a chair but he doesn't get nervous
She's not really there
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing
Tour the world in a heavy metal band
But they run out of gas
The plane can never land
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing
What's the sense in ever thinking about the tomb
When you're much too busy resorting to the womb?
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for skating like the leafs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing
Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments
Side effect or drug trip
Don't tease me with all of your might
Side effect or drug trip
My panacea's in a Xerox shop
Have a nice day, you want it when?
Have a nice day, have a nice day
I didn't expect to find a salesman drinking coffee this late in the morning. How long you been here, Joe?
Oh, I don't know, I guess thirty, forty-five minutes maybe. Why do you ask?
You must be making a lot of sales, piling up good income.
Oh... uh... I'm doing all right. I could do better, but... Ohahaha I get it Paul. Back on that old ";Time is Money"; kick, right?
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.
Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money I owe, money-iy-ay
Money I owe, money-iy-ay
Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Notes
The Frank O'Toole demo version adds more of the spoken dialogue ad nauseum as follows:
Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's
Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's
Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's
Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments
Did I affect your drug trip
Don't tease me with all of your might
Did I affect your drug trip
You threw my wallet in the wishing well
Have a nice day, you want it when?
Have a nice day, have a nice day
I didn't expect to find a salesman drinking coffee this late in the morning. How long you been here, Joe?
Oh, I don't know, I guess thirty, forty-five minutes maybe. Why do you ask?
You must be making a lot of sales, piling up good income.
Oh... uh... I'm doing all right. I could do better, but... Ohahaha I get it Paul. Back on that old ";Time is Money"; kick, right?
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.
Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments
Avalanche or roadblock
Yes, I was a snowball in hell
I was a snowball in hell
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.
Not back on it, Joe, still on it.
I got a crush
Copy shop clerk
But she won't look up at me
Don't want to be known as the freak who just comes around to catch her eye
We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor with just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned
I got a ride home with a drunk guy
How ungrateful I must have seemed
He showed me how to spin my head round and round
We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss that I've been fired
I lay my head on the railroad track
Stare at the sky all painted up
Your train is gone, won't be coming back
See the constellation ride across the sky
No cigar, no lady on his arm
Just a guy made of dots and lines
Two years ago - moved from my town
I was looking up past the city lights
But the city lights got in my way
I found my mind on the ground below
I was looking down - it was looking back
I was in the sky all dressed in black
Back in High School I knew a girl
Not too simple and not too kind
We both grew up, but I heard she'd changed
From a new wave fan to another kind
She think's she's Edith Head
But you might know she's not
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
She think's she's Edith Head
Or Helen Girlie Brown
Or some other cultural figure
We don't know a lot about
It's been years since I moved away
But at Christmas I come home
And I saw her reflection
In the window of a store
She was talking to herself
Not too simple and not too kind
I walked on by, it was complicated
And it stuck in my mind
She think's she's Edith Head
But you might know she's not
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
She think's she's Edith Head
She think's she's Edith Head now
She think's she's Edith Head
She think's she's Edith Head now
She think's she's Edith Head
She think's she's Edith Head now
She think's she's Edith Head
She think's she's Edith Head now
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Dressed only in clothes
From her head to her toes
This is the way
The talking part goes
S-E-X-X-Y
More than enough
Around the clock with nobody else
S-E-X-X-Y
There she is
Standing on the bed
Cookie in one hand, wig on her head
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
Unnoticed by few
Very very few
And that includes you
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Secret agent spy, come to see why
S-E-X-X-Y
One finger nail
Across your back
Baby's first gold tooth initials inscribed
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
You gotta understand
She wants to be your man
She's got another plan
Notes
The infamous Warren Rigg Microwave Remix goes as follows:
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X S-E-X S-E-X S-E-X
S-E-S-E-S-E-S-E-X-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
More than enough
Around the clock with nobody else
S-E-X-X-Y
There she is
Standing on the bed
Cookie in one hand, wig on her head
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
Unnoticed by few
Very very few
And that includes you
One finger nail
Across your back
Baby's first gold tooth initials inscribed
S-E-X-X-Y
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Secret agent spy, come to see why
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y-Y-Y-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
You gotta understand
She wants to be your man
She's got another plan
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X-X-X-X-X-X
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
Unnoticed by few
Very very few
And that includes you
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
You gotta understand
She wants to be your man
She's got another plan
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X-X-X-X-X-X
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X-X-X-X-X-X
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
X-X-X-X-X-X
X-X-X-X-X-X
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X)
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X)
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind (X-X-X-X-X-X)
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Look inside your mind
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
S-E-X-X-Y
In a future time children will work together to build a giant Siborg
Robot parade, robot parade, wave the flags that the robots made
Rob parade, robot parade, robots obey what the children say
There's electric cars, there's electric trains, here comes a robot with electric brains
Robot parade, robot parade, wave the flags that the robots made
Robot parade, robot parade, robots obey what the children say
Cornellius Cornellius, I miss you ape
I miss you ape
I miss your toffee cape
I miss your toffee cape, Cornellius, Cornellius, you were my favorite ape
I've got to get back to that crazy planet that they call the planet of the apes
and find Cornellius, my favorite ape
I miss his toffee cape, I say toffee - some would just say tan
but I'm a sophisticated guy so I call it toffee
Q U
Q U
Q U, they're often a pair
Make "kw" sounds together
Like "quick", "quack" and "quill"
Q U
Q U
Quack quack, quack quack
Q U, they're often a pair
Make "kw" sounds together
Like "squid", "squash" and "square"
Q U
Q U
Q U
I think you have another song for us. Would you like to perform it?
What's the name of the song?
Oh, I think I know that one! Great, great.
My man
Muscles from hand to foot
Completely coated in uninteruppted skin
My man
Signals command the leg
To follow orders coming down from headquarters
Why then am I in bed?
I guess my man's fallen out with my head
May I direct your attention to the following simile
You're like the coasts of an ocean
Buried beneath is a submarine cable
Connecting the opposite shores that surround it
My man
How can he stand?
Your fingers could encircle clear around the ankle
My man won't walk again
In conflict with express instructions given by the brain
Why can't the message be sent?
I guess my man's fallen out with my head
When something happens to drag on the floor of the ocean
For instance an anchor or mooring
The cable can be disrupted and even be severed
Which halts the transmission across it
There is no way to repair the break
My man
Muscles from hand to foot
Completely coated in uninteruppted skin
My man
Signals command the leg
To follow orders coming down from headquarters
My man
How can he stand?
My man
Muscles from hand to foot
Completely coated in uninteruppted skin
My man
Won't walk again
They built this whole neighborhood
Out of wood, out of wood
I guess I'll still be around when they burn, burn it down
I will be standing around when they burn it down
In the Museum of Idiots
Honey, I'm there when you need me
Please believe me, please believe me
I'll still be right where you left me, if you manage to forget me
Where we met is where you may forget
Here in the Museum of Idiots
If you and I had any brains, we wouldn't be in this place.
Chop me up into pieces,
If it pleases, if it pleases
And when the chopping is through
Every piece will say, "I love you"
Every piece of me will say "I love you"
Here in the Museum of Idiots
Every piece of me will say "I love you, you, you"
Here in the Museum of Idiots
Uh huh
Uh huh uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh uh huh
Uh huh
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Stomp your feet
Jump in the air
Jump in the air
Jump in the air
Jump in the air
Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, I need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know I must investigate
I hope that I can sing along
There's no time for metaphors cried the little pill to me
He said, ";Life is a placebo masquerading as a simile";*
Well, I knew that pill was lying
Too gregarious, too nice
But as he walked I had to sing this twice
Lie still, little bottle
Don't twist, it ain't twistin' time
With every move you make you just disintegrate my ever-troubled mind
Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, I need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know I must investigate
I hope that I can sing along
Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still
Lie still
Hello children, it's time for an important lesson with Professor Flans.
This is about four letters that people sometimes confuse for one: LMNO!
LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one
L
L M
L M NM N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
Now I laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
I look like Jesus, so they say
But Mr. Jesus is very far away
Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
That you love me and I love me
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
Yes a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
Yeah
Yeah
Tramp
There has been a spacecraft sighted
Flying high above the sky
Sirens declare there's one among us from Venus
Volunteers, we need volunteers
Soldiers to meet them
Have no fear
Have no fear
You will be killed right away
I will date the girl from Venus
Flowers die and so will I
Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus for science
I'm so brave
I'm so brave
I'll be her love slaveHe's so brave
He's so brave
He'll be her love slave forever
Yes, I will date the girl from Venus
Flowers die and so will I
Yes, I will kiss the girl from Venus for science
Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!
It's kickin' in, yeah! It's kickin' in, yeah!
It's kickin' in, yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Shocked awake in the middle of the day
In a fight over shadows of the night
And you wonder why the talk is so bold
When it's boring and the story's so old
Panic call to her best friend on the phone
Won't sit down but she just can't sit alone
Hard to justify a party band
To somebody with no party plans
Stop to appreciate it
Let's hear the boyfriends say it
It's kickin' in, yeah! It's kickin' in, yeah!
It's kickin' in, yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Going good up until we shut 'em down
Bum a ride to the other side of town
In a restaurant with so much class
If we'd stop laughing we could almost pass
The disaffected waitress
In some fake foreign accent:
(fake words)
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Use your eyes to look up.
Use your ears to hear.
Walk up to the corner when the coast is clear
And wait and wait, until you see the light turn green
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Use your eyes to look up.
Use your ears to hear.
Walk up to the corner when the coast is clear.
And wait and wait,
Until you see the light turn green.
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block.
Don't cross the street
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle
in the middle of the block!
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Use your eyes to look up
Use your ears to hear
Walk up to the corner when the coast is clear
And wait
And wait
Until you see the light turn green
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Use your eyes to look up
Use your ears to hear
Walk up to the corner when the coast is clear
And wait
And wait
Until you see the light turn green
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Glistening white triangular tooth
Open up a can of tomato juice
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
Girlfriend took me to meet her dad
He didn't like me because I look so bad
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
Girlfriend took me to meet her mom
Her head exploded like a atom bomb
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
Glistening white triangular tooth
Open up a can of tomato juice
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I've got a fang
I'm Impressed
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
I'm impressed
And I find that my head's nodding yes
Though my legs are not following
I'm inspired by events
To remember the exits in back of me
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla pounds his desk
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
Through generalissimo's request
I can't help but feel impressed
On the one hand he'll
Give you five good reasons to follow him
On the other hand
You see nobody leaving the stadium
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
By that Godzilla's flaming breath
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the tornado from the west crushes buildings
I'm impressed
And I find that my head's nodding yes
Though my legs are not following
I'm inspired by events
To remember the exits in back of me
I'm impressed, I'm impressed
When that gorilla beats his chest
I fall to bits
I confess
I admit I'm impressed
When the torpedo in the vest barks his orders
I'm impressed
He's a hypnotist, hypnotist of ladies
You're getting sleepy, very sleepy
He's a hypnotist, hypnotist of ladies
Never had a pocket watch, never counted backwards
I've got my house surrounded
I know I'm in there
Come out with both my hands up
And don't make me come in and get me
Don't make me come in and get me
I can't hide from my mind
Though I try, try, try
I can't hide from my mind
And you know why
Running against the traffic
To find where I lost you
I'm catching up to the echoes
And I hear your voice from the buildings
I hear your voice from the buildings
I can't hide from my mind
Though I try, try, try
I can't hide from my mind
And you know why
The bars are in my eyes
And kisses make you cry
Smiles turned out misleading
And memory's a lie
I've got my house surrounded
I know I'm in there
Come out with both my hands up
And don't make me come in and get me
Don't make me come in and get me
Don't make me come in and get me
urnx
urnx, ni, imnx
ictv
ictv, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
urnx
urnx, ni, iw
icatv, icadvd, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
icu, icu, nurok
Translation:
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I am an X
I see TV
I see TV, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I double you
I see a DVD, I see a DVD, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
Now Broom, you must now sweep for me
The dust it fills my room
No, John, I will not sweep for you
For I am not your broom
What nonsense are you speaking, Broom
My words you must obey
Another life awaits me and
I'm leaving you today
I am not your broom
I am not your broom
I've had enough, I'm throwing off
My chains of servitude
I am not your broom
I am not your broom
No longer must I sweep for you
For I am not your broom
Juices, muffins, pasta, and cheese
Milk and biscuits and cocktail sauce
I am a grocery bag
Salsa and pickles and organic grain
I am a grocery bag
Fresh coffee and bagels, pudding and soap
Baby formula and ham
I am a grocery bag
I never knew what everybody meant by endless,
hopeless bleak despair
Until one day when I found out
The first time I ever left my house
It saw me and followed me home
And stayed with me for my whole life
For years and years I wandered the earth
Condemned to a life of bleak despair
Then one day I looked around and found
It had disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day it disappeared
All I had ever wanted in my life was only to be
free of it
It drove away my family
It made me lose my job
Whenever anybody saw it
They'd say get out of here
For years and years I wandered the earth
Sick of my life, looking forward to death
The one day I looked around and found
It had disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then one day it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day it disappeared
For years and years I wandered the earth
Until I died and went to hell but my
Despair had ascended to heaven
That's how I finally got rid of it
(Theme to Higglytown Heroes)
Here in Higglytown
Things all jump around
Just like the Higglytown heroes
(Our heroes)
They all work together
Making fun together
Come see the Higglytown heroes
Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Kip and Fran
All hop and pop around
Soon they'll learn about real heroes
Who and why and how
Now
Here in Higglytown
We'll all jump around
And meet the Higglytown heroes
(Our heroes)
We'll all work together
Having fun together
With all the Higglytown heroes
Let's all play together
Save the day together
Come join the Higglytown heroes
Goodnight my friends
Goodnight my friends
Sweet dreams from ABC land
Gorillas in the jungle
Gazelles out in the field
Goats are in the barnyard
And gophers in their holes
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel glorius, generous, gleeful and great
When you go go go go for G
Goofballs in their go-carts
Girl scouts chewing gum
Grandma with her gingerbread
And the drummer plays a gong
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel gracious, gigantic, grateful and glad
When you go go go go for G
Grapes, glue, gyroscopes
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel glorius, generous, gleeful and great
When you go go go go for G
Flying V
If you're standing underneath it, you will see when you inspect it
That a flying V is made of flying geese
The pointed end flies in the lead
So when it flies, it's hard to read
You've got to tip your head to see
Flying V, Flying V
It's a V
In the window of a music store, or on stage at a rock show
Now a flying V is made of a guitar
The pointed end flies in the lead
So when it flies, it's hard to read
You have to be upside-down to see it
Fake out
Fake in
Fake it to me
What is fake?
Fake T.V.
Land of a thousand fake outs
Fake worse than death
In Buenos Aires
Fake out
Fake in
Faker's delight
Fake your claim
Fake around the clock
Winner fake all
Three fakes, you're out
Feign Amnesia
Now I know just what to do
Feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
Not much quiet about reinvention
Why have settled for stuff that is half-new?
Like a volume beyond comprehension
If the bass won't get you,
The treble will get you
I'll look busy just for you
And feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Hers are the brains
Floating on an upstream train
Hers are the brains
Barbarians and seeds are lost in the remains
We were standing outside a sidewalk
With that crazy guy dancing behind us
With our forced smiles and all of the laughter
They must (?) to hear that right
Now I know just what to do
Feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
I'll look busy just for you
And feign amnesia
How I wish it wasn't true
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Wish it wasn't true right now
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Well we gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
'Cause all our friends are on different planet
Yes all my friends are on a different planet now
Gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
Gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
I've got a starship that will take you to the planet where Mick Jagger lives
We've gotta escape to the planet of the Apes
We've gotta escape to the planet of the Apes before we explode.
My name is Dr. Worm.
Good morning. How are you? I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm.
I live like a worm.
I like to play the drums.
I think I'm getting good,
But I can handle criticism.
I'll show you what I know,
And you can tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums.
I'll leave the front un-locked 'cause I can't
Hear the doorbell
When I get into it I can't tell if you are
Watching me twirling the stick.
When I give the signal, my friend
Rabbi Vole will pay the solo
Some day somebody else besides me will
Call me by my stage name, they will
Call me Dr Worm.
Good Morning how are you, I'm Dr Worm
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm.
I live like a worm.
I like to play the drums.
I think I'm getting good,
But I can handle criticism.
I'll show you what I know,
And you can tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums.
I'm not a real doctor,
But they call me Dr. Worm.
I've been leaving on my things
so in the morning when the morning bird sings
there's still dinner on my dinner jacket
'til the dinner bell rings
Experimental dog
Salivating dog
Good dog
dinner bell dinner bell do the bell thing
dinner bell dinner bell ring
shoulder, bicep, elbow, arm
forearm, thumb, wrist, knuckle, palm
middle, pinky, index, ring
dinner bell dinner bell ding
I don't want a pizza, I don't want a piece of
peanut brittle, I don't want a pear.
I don't want a bagel I don't want a bean I wouldn't like
a bag of beef or a beer or a
cup of chowder, corn, cake, or creamed cauliflower cause I'm
waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
dinner bell dinner bell ring
I don't know whether I'd rather be having a bottle of vinegar
I don't know whether I'd rather be having an egg.
I don't know whether I'd rather be having an order of bacon
or whether I'd rather be having a basket of garlic bread.
I don't know whether I'd rather be having some pie or
saving my appetite 'cause I'm
waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
here comes the dirt bike
Beware of the dirt bike
Because I hear they're coming to our town
They've got plans for everyone
And now I hear they're over their sophomore jinx
So you had better check it out
All hail the dirt bike
Philosopher dirt bike
Silence as we gathered round
We saw the word and were on our way
Now it's brain washing dirt bike
Ground shaking dirt bike
Mind bending dirt bike in control
Soul crushing dirt bike
Self propelled dirt bike
You see I never thought understand til that bike took me by the hand
Now I ride...
Dig my grave
Dig my grave
Every time I look in your eyes
I see St. Peter wave
Dig my grave
Every time you call my name
I hear the angels say
You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
You can tell just by looking at my skull
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
'Cause it made me limerent
When my head was hit
I bounced away from it
Or as someone who is craniosophic would say
The brain went the opposite way
Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
'Cause the first just left me feeling inert
But the contrecoup woke my feelings for you
And it left me limerent
JL: Hey John.
JF: Oh, hey John.
JL: What's going on?
JF: Man, I'm confused.
JL: You're confused? Why?
JF: I'm no good at remembering stuff.
JL: Really?
JF: Yeah.
JL: Like what?
JF: I can't remember what 'D' is for.
JL: You can't remember what 'D' is for?
JF: I think it's for an instrument that you play in a band.
JL: I'm surprised you can't remember what 'D' is for.
JF: I can't remember there's too much noise.
JL: Put your Thinking Cap on John, I'll give you a hint.
JF: See, I can't find my Thinking Cap. I think it's lost.
JL: John, come on, tell me. 'D' is for what?
JF: 'D' is for something that you play with sticks.
JL: That's right, that's right. You're getting close.
JF: 'D' is for drums!
Both: Yes, 'D' is for drums!
'D' is for drums!
Yes, 'D' is for drums!
JL: Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
JF: Hey John.
JL: Yeah.
JF: I need some juice.
JL: I got some juice.
JF: Well, let's go to your house.
JL: Okay, I'll meet you over there.
JF: Okay.
'D' is for drums! 'D' is for drums!
D, look at D
Half a circle, half a moon, an apple slice
There goes D, Captain D
My boy D, Commander D, the well-known D
D's getting on in years so he moves a little bit slower now
D is shy and doesn't get out of the house much anymore
And then there's W, here comes W
It's double wide, it cannot hide its pride, it's W
They call it W, there's that W
It thinks it's king, its all-time favorite thing is W
"W, you think you're so great"
"Well, I am pretty big"
"Yeah, you're okay. You're just not as great as you think you are."
"How come I never see you around anymore, D?"
"I got this big TV set at home now. And I like to watch the sports."
";Every once in a while a band comes along that changes the course of human history, and that band is They Might Be Giants.";
Tom Poston, the New York Times.
";Like so many things I can't understand, they left my teeth chattering for more.";
Peggy Cass, Aquarian Weekly
";Maestro! I say right on!";
Orson Bean, Sky and Telescope
";If you hear only one song this year, there's something terribly wrong with you.";
Kitty Carlyle, Easy Riders
Ladies and gentlemen, do not be alarmed. Please remain perfectly still. What you are about to see is real. The performers are not grinning scarecrows sent here to torture and manipulate you.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce the twin quasars of rock. Please give a warm, friendly hand to They Might Be Giants!
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Conquest, it's a type of quest
They called it a conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest, they played it at request
It was another type of quest
For the Planet of the Apes
Conquest!
Request!
We're gonna have an inquest
but this is a type of quest
For the planet of the Apes
Yeah!
Climbing The Walls
I can't talk, I got to go
Don't call me back, I won't get the door
Got to focus on the job
'Cause I got a new job climbing the walls
I was grinding my teeth, I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
Too much junk, too much junk
Can we please clear out this house?
In the trunk, in the trunk
And then we'll take it all to the dump
Then we won't need the car
'Cause we'll stay where we are
And I'll have all this room
I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
Walked away ever since I got a new job climbing the walls
I was grinding my teeth, I was wasting my youth
And using up my teeth
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
The deep end, the deep end
People talk a lot, but they don't know
They pretend, they pretend
They don't really know how deep it goes
Now I misunderstood,
Thought the wall was just good
For staring blankly at
I got tired of pacing the floor
Sick of it all, I'm done with the floor
Walked away ever since I got a new job climbing the walls
Now I'm done chewing my nails
Hanging my head, chasing my tail
It got so bad I quit my job
Then I got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls
Got a new job climbing the walls
Somebody's reading your mind
Damned if you know who it is
they're digging through all of your files
Stealing back your best ideas
You cover your windows with lead
Even keeping the pets outside
Then you hear a moment too late this sound coming over the phone
This is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don't wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames
this is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don't wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames
Daddy'll sing bass*
Daddy'll sing bass
Daddy'll sing bass
Daddy'll sing bass
I took my boat for a car
I took that car for a ride
I was trying to get somewhere
But now I'm following the traces of your fingernails
That run along the windshield** on the boat of car
Daddy'll sing bass
Traces of your fingernails that run along the windshield
On the boat of car
On the boat of car
On the boat of car
On the boat of car
Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines
C is for conifers, more then five hundred kinds
If you see a Christmas tree or a stack of newspapers or a 2x4 frame of a house
It's probably made from pine trees and pine trees are conifers, that's what this song is about
Or if you see a plant in the shape of an elephant, or in the shape of a dog
It's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub pruned into that shape by someone
Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines
C is for conifers, more then five hundred kinds
Spoken: There are so many different kinds of conifer trees.
This is just a few of them: Spruce,
Hemlocks, larch, cyprus, juniper,
Fir, Douglas fir, cedar, yew,
Pine, the dwarf conifer,
And the great California sequoia redwood.
Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines
C is for conifers, more then five hundred kinds
Yes, no, maybe
I don't know
Can you repeat the question?
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Life is unfair, so I just stare at the stain on the wall where
The TV'd been, but ever since we've moved in it's been empty
Why I, why I'm in this room
There is no point explaining
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Life is a test, and I confess
I like this mess I've made so far
Grade on a curve and you'll observe
I'm right below the horizon
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know
Can you repeat the question?
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Life is unfair
All my friends are beneath the Planet of the Apes
All my friends are
All my friends are
All my friends are beneath the Planet of the Apes
And when I get there
I'll find my friends there
Deep inside the ground
Underneath the town
Where the apes live
Where the apes live
You can't walk around
Because it is in town
All my friends are
All my friends are
Beneath the Planet
Of the Apes
Crowd chants ";people people people";, and ";ape ape ape"; at the commands of the Johns.
He says he knows me
But I don't know that guy
He's waving at me
But he looks kind of mad
Some crazy bastard wants to hit me
He's waving me over so he can hit me
But I don't know that guy
But I'm not going over there
Some crazy bastard wants to hit me
How have we come to this pass?
How can I get to my car?
Climb in, turn the ignition
Pull onto the highway
Where I am free
Some crazy bastard wants to hit me
He's waving me over so he can hit me
And who the hell is he?
I can't believe this is happening
That crazy bastard wants to hit me
Make a hole with a gun perpendicular
To the name of this town in a desk-top globe
Exit wound in a foreign nation
Showing the home of the one this was written for
My apartment looks upside down from there
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
And her voice is a backwards record
It's like a whirlpool and it never ends
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
All alone at the '64 World's Fair
Eighty dolls yelling ";Small girl after all";
Who was at the Dupont Pavilion?
Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
And in the back of the edge of hearing
These are the words the voice was repeating:
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
";I don't want the world, I just want your half";
They don't need me here, and I know you're there (don't need me)
Where the world goes by like the humid air (world goes by)
And it sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks until it goes away (it goes home)
And the truth is, we don't know anything (don't know)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
Ana Ng and I are getting old
And we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you
I'm asleep but she's talking to me
She's walking 'round wearing all of my clothes
As she runs out of things to say
And grabs my coat to walk away
How 'bout another first kiss, she said
How 'bout another first kiss, I said
I want another first kiss like this
How 'bout another first kiss
Other people were too sentimental
Always worrying about their hair
Got tired of wasting all my time
Now I'm not worrying at all
How 'bout another first kiss, she said
How 'bout another first kiss, I said
I want another first kiss like this
How 'bout another first kiss
You could tell me we belong together
And I could tell you, you belong with me
But we've run out of things to say
And we'll be happy anyway, so
How 'bout another first kiss, she said
How 'bout another first kiss, I said
I want another first kiss like this
How 'bout another first kiss
How 'bout another first kiss, she said
How 'bout another first kiss, I said
I want another first kiss like this
How 'bout another first kiss
Alphabet of nations!
Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, The Gambia
Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia
Norway, Oman, Pakistan
Qatar, Russia, Suriname
Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam
West Xylophone, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, The Gambia
Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia
Norway, Oman, Pakistan
Qatar, Russia, Suriname
Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam
West Xylophone, Yemen, Zimbabwe
Hello. They Might Be Giants are happy to be on a radio program for the first time in their long-illustrious careers. 1985 has been a very good year for They Might Be Giants. In January, Bill began at a new school. Everyone liked him, And he likes everything. In March, we were all trapped deep inside a subway car racing down tracks going faster and much faster untin they never let us out a full ten blocks later. In April, we all sang a duet with Tina Turner. In a way it was nice, and it was our favorite song. But we spent the entire summer resting up, looking for some vital link missing in the big picture. Bill said he had found it, but in fact he had lost it. Well, in September Bill chipped a tooth skyriding far above the Planet Earth. And then came the end of the year when we were on our very last radio show, which we are glad that you have become a part of. Thank you for listening to They Might Be Giants. We do have a Dial-a-Song service at 718-387-6962. Service at 718-387-6962. Thank you.
Like a ghost writer's ending
She will send you down
She's in love
With her broken heart
She's in love
With the dark
She's in love
With her broken heart
She's in love with the dark
I'm getting tired of all my nautical dreams
I'm getting tired of all my nautical themes
Busting my pirate hump
Rocking my peg leg stump
My mind naturally turns to taxidermy
To taxidermy, yeah
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
Crushes, crashes, smashes to pieces
We're taking over
We're taking over
I looked around
And you looked around
And soon we were there
Leading the charge of the wrong
Of the wrong
Of the wrong
Of the wrong
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
Rusted, crusted, combusted, and dusted
We're taking over
We're taking over
Back in command of the out of control
All over town
Putting them all in the ground
In the ground
In the ground
In the ground
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bo bo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bo bo)
Ba ba ba baw
Ba ba ba baw
Ba ba ba baw
Baw baw
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
She's rippin' strips of flesh from the prey beneath her paws
After work she gets the polish out and paints 'em pretty claws
Tigerella
Is makin' me yowl
That's some jungle kitty cat
Got me on the prowl
Shoppin' for an outfit she can wear tonight
Don't get between her and that (fool? food?)
She wants or she may bite
Tigerella
Is makin' me yowl
That's some jungle kitty cat
Got me on the prowl
Reooowwwwww
Tigerella
Is makin' me yowl
That's some jungle kitty cat
Got me on the prowl
We?re through being cool
We're through being cool
Eliminate the ninnies
And the twits
Gotta go with the moon
Too late to be a clone
Time to show the in crowd
That it's out
If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
We're through being cool
We're through being cool
Spank the pank who try
To drive you nuts
Time to clean some house
Be a man or a mouse
Chase those who make it
Tough to get around
If you live in a big place
Many factions underground
Chase down Mister Hinky Dink
So no trace can be found
If you live in a big place
Many factions underground
Chase down Mister Hinky Dink
So no trace can be found
We?re through being cool
We're through being cool
Eliminate the ninnies
And the twits
Put the tape on erase
Rearrange your place
We always liked
Picasso anyway
If you live in a small town
You might meet a dozen or two
Young alien types who step out
And dare to declare
We?re through being cool
We're through being cool
Eliminate the ninnies
And the twits
We're through being cool
We're through being cool
Spank the pank who try
When the hands that operate the motor lose control of the lever
When the mind of it's own in the wheel puts two and two together
When the indicator says you're out of oil should you continue
Driving anyway?
There's a thermostat that regulates the temperature
That might not be reliable
That should be disconnected
Turn it up, turn it down
Turn it up when the cold brings you down
When the heat bothers you, turn it down
Turn it up, turn it down
As I was just saying
As I was just saying
As I was just telling you a minute ago
I was just talking and someone interrupted
Or was it a loud explosion?
Or is the thermostat engulfed in flames
Or is it just me?
Turn it up, turn it down
Turn it up when the cold brings you down
When the heat bothers you, turn it down
Turn it up, turn it down
As I was just saying
As I was just saying
As I was just saying
Turn it up, turn it down
Turn it up when the cold brings you down
When the heat bothers you, turn it down
Turn it up, turn it down
Turn it up, turn it down
Turn it up when the cold brings you down
When the heat bothers you, turn it down
I got rid of my jackets and coats
I threw out all of my pants
I got sick of my stinkin' clothes
I had to get rid of them
I'm not yet considering replacing them
I'm only glad to be rid of them
Rest awhile
Rest awhile
I lay out in the sun too long
And burned off all of my skin
I felt so dizzy, I got into the car
And got into an accident
Out of the burning wreckage I fell
Wanting only to lay where I fell
Rest awhile
Rest awhile
Rest awhile
I became friendly with Ruy Lopez
The author of, 'Works On Chess'
Ruy said, ?You're incorrect?
He cut me off and acted mad
He won't even talk to me now
But I don't care 'cause I'm sick of that guy
And I need to rest a while
Rest a while
Rest a while
Oh, there's the doorbell
Let's see who's out there
Oh, it's a seven
Hello, Seven
Won't you come in, Seven?
Make yourself at home
Hey, who's that other guy?
Is that your friend there?
Oh, that's just Seven
Another seven
Hello, Seven
Won't you come in as well?
Now who would like some cake?
I would like some cake, me too
What's that at the window?
A whole bunch of sevens
They're coming in now
And there's a lot of them
And down the chimney too
Hey guys, come on in
I bet they want some cake
We want cake, where's our cake?
My house is full of sevens
They're filling up the living room
Sliding down the banister
Talking on the telephone
Inviting over more sevens
It's a green house at the end of the block
I'm running out of cake
We want cake, where's our cake?
My house is full of sevens
We want cake, where's our cake?
Lots and lots of sevens
We want cake, where's our cake?
Many more are stopping by
Sevens add and multiply
There's only one way to subtract them
Lord, please don't take me away
Rabid child stays at home, talks on a CB
Truckers pass calling out their handles to the kid
Chess Piece Face and The Big Duluth call her every day
'Hammer down' and 'Rabbit ears' are the only words they know
Hammer down
Hammer down, rabbit ears
Hammer down, rabbit ears
Hammer down, rabbit ears, hammer down
If you pass the rabid child, say, "Hammer down for me"
The rabid child, the rabid child
Listen children, hear this story
That will take you around the world
In the belly of the vessels
Stowed away nine pirate girls
Nine pirate girls, pirate girls, pirate girls nine
(One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine)
One named Polly had a parrot
The second named Polly had a parrot too
That's the part that is confusing
And they were identical twins
The third was Nancy, she was fancy
Walked around with a fake tattoo
And four through nine were all named Peggy
And each one only wore one shoe
Nine pirate girls, pirate girls, pirate girls nine
(One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine)
Legend grew about their daring
Never did they walk the plank
They all shared one golden earring
And the truth is they all stank
If you finished all your homework
Brushed your teeth and done your chores
And it's not too past your bedtime
Then your folks might tell you more of the
Pirate girls, pirate girls, pirate girls nine
(One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine)
Pirate girls, pirate girls, pirate girls nine
No is no
No is always no
If they say no
It means a thousand times no
No plus no equals no
All no's lead to no, no, no
Finger pointing, eyebrows low
Mouth in the shape of the letter O
Pardon me, no
Excuse me, no
May I stay? Can I go?
No, no, no
Do this, no
Don't do that, no
Sit, stay, roll over
No, no, no
Finger pointing, eyebrows low
Mouth in the shape of the letter O
Red means stop, do not go
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're older still
Time is marching on
And time is still marching on
This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
And now it's even sooner
This day will soon be at an end
And now it's even sooner
And now it's sooner still
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
And now you're even older
You're older than you've ever been
And now you're even older
Everybody at the party is a many sided polygon
When a guest arrives
They will count how many sides it has on
Standing by the window over there
There is a shape with four sides, so it's a square
And the one who has nine is looking fine
And its name is Nonagon
Everybody turns just in time to see the pentagon arrive
Counting up the sides, it is clear the pentagon has five
Chatting in the kitchen we see
There is a triangle whose sides number three
And is talking to the shape that has nine
Who is known as Nonagon
Nonagon
Nonagon, lets in a guest who has shown up late
Its name is Octagon and its sides add up to eight
Turning the music on is a six sided hexagon
And they all get in a line and do
A dance called, 'the Nonagon
The Nonagon
Nine bowls of soup are balanced on the end of a rake
On an ichthyosaur's head
Woah, woah, woah, woah
Oh good, none of them spilled
Please can I have one Mr. Ichthyosaur?
No, you can't, I'm saving them for friends
But you don't have any friends
Yes, I do, no, you don't, yes, I do, now be quiet
I'm trying to concentrate
Nine bowls of soup on the wings of an airplane
Flown by an ichthyosaur
Woah, woah, woah
Lucky thing they didn't all spill
Is there one that's kind of extra? Can I have it for my own?
No, you can't, I can't break up the set
But the soup is getting cold, no, it isn't, yes, it is
No, I don't know what you're talking about
Nine bowls of soup are balanced on a snake
That the ichthyosaur is taking for a walk
Woah, woah, woah, waah
Phew, I really thought that that was it
I just think that you have more than you can handle
What's all the soup for anyway?
I didn't think you even really liked soup
Why do you need nine bowls? Why do you need
Why do you need nine?
If I tell you what these are for
Then will you stop bothering me?
Nine bowls of soup arranged a certain way
Are some radar dishes in a very large array
And the message they detect from across the Milky Way
Says the aliens want to join us for lunch
Cafe con pan, cafe con pan, cafe con pan, cafe con pan
Cafe con pan, cafe con pan, cafe con pan, cafe con pan
Cafe con pan, cafe con pan, cafe con pan
Rock on my hubba, the beat is blubba
Being stingy on the pike collect the one into the other
Careen in tandem, the sea into the landem
The people in the pix they want to scarf and dig the clamdem
Aww yes, Mr Xcitement, aww yes, Mr Xcitement
We nix the glaben, the knifey-knife is staben
Protrude into the hoobalicious scoff the extra aden
I write the mooky, my verse is extra spooky
Like flansy in a soda can, it's trooky-trooky-trooky
Aww yes, Mr Xcitement, aww yes, Mr Xcitement
Mr. Xcitement, Xcitement
Mr. Xcitement
Aww yes, Mr Xcitement
Aww yes, Mr Xcitement, Xcitement
I'll be in the back and I don't need the help
I'm good here in the back, I'm good all by myself
I'm busy taking stock of all the things that I've forgot
(Five, four, three, two)
And making mental notes of just exactly where I lost the plot
(Two, two, two, two)
I stuck around too long, feeling sorry for myself
A dis-invited guest, rifles through the bathroom shelf
I'm searching for some disbelief that I can still suspend
(Five, four, three, two)
But never mind the furthermore, the plea is self defense again
(Two, two, two, two)
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
But I don't need advice, I'm down
Later in my car, I considered what you said
I'm good here in my car, I'm good with what you said
And I'd be shouting out to you but I was mighty hoarse
Talk you through the finer points and issues much too small to force
Then the people came to talk me down
And I got some advice
Then the people came to talk me down
Can I have this last dance, my darling?
Can I have this last dance with you?
I wanna dance the whole night tonight
Can I have this last dance, my darling?
And can I have this last dance with you?
These are the words that he told to the fellow next door
Mainstream, U.S.A., I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A., is all I wanna say
Mainstream, U.S.A., I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A., is all I wanna say
We are the world
We are
We are the world
Mainstream, U.S.A., I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, U.S.A., it's all I wanna say
Mainstream, U.S.A., I flipped that guy the bird
I'll sink Manhattan
Right under the sea
I'll find the sweetest spot to watch
As it goes away
You were so happy
With the things that you said
Like, "He's my lower half," you laughed
But you're gonna to cry
A river of tiny tears flow from
Your crocodile eyes
"Too late to apologize"
I say, as flood waters rise
I'll sink Manhattan
I'll sacrifice friends
I think they'd understand my plan
I'll never be sure
I've got a message
So before I get through
I'll find your answering machine
And I'll sink it first
Burn your forget me not
Admit that true love can die
No, I won't apologize
Here on Fibber Island
We strum rubber guitars
Our friends live on Mars
And we sew buttons on our cars
Here on Fibber Island
Our house is made of pie
Our dog is two miles wide
And all he talks about is pie
Here on Fibber Island
We swim on the ground
Wheels are square not round
We eat chocolate by the pound
Here on Fibber Island
(Here on Fibber Island)
No one sings along
(No one sings along)
We just ride giraffes
(We just ride giraffes)
And wear bicycles for hats
(Bicycles for hats)
To get to Fibber Island
You just close your eyes
Start fibbin' in your mind
And see what you can find
Here on Fibber Island
We hide mittens in our hair
You might need to stare
And see the mittens in our hair
Come to Fibber Island
And strum rubber guitars
Meet our friends from Mars
Its the feel-good sublet of the summer
The leaseholder left their cigars in the drawer
This place will hold us for one whole summer
Dont use the stove, refrigerator, or door
Feel-good sublet of the summer
The leaseholder left their cigars in the drawer
Feel-good sublet of the summer
Dont use the stove, refrigerator, or door
Killer sublet
For the summer
Chessboard missing all of the pawns
Four flight up and
Find yourself knowing
Feel-good sublet forevermore
If you only sublet one apartment
The Edison Museum, not open to the public
Its haunted towers rise into the clouds above it
Folks drive in from out of town
To gaze in amazement when they see it
Just outside the gate, I look into the courtyard
Underneath the gathering thunderstorm
Through the iron bars I see the Black Mariah
Revolving slowly on its platform
In the topmost tower, a light burns dim
A coiling filament glowing within
The Edison Museum, once a bustling factory
Today's but a darkened cobweb-covered hive of industry
The tallest, widest, and most famous
Haunted mansion in New Jersey
Behind a wooden door, the voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph
Ghosts float up the stair like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in-house staff
A wondrous place it is, there can be no doubt
But no one ever goes in and no one ever goes out
So when your children quarrel, and nothing seems to quell them
Just tell them that you'll take them to the Edison Museum
2, 4, 6, 8
Even numbers, even numbers
Every other number is an even number
2, 4, 6, 8
Who do we appreciate?
10, 12, 14, 16
Skip all the numbers in between
Skip all the numbers that are not even
Leave out the odd ones
Leave out the odd, you're left with the even
Skip all the odd ones
Skip the first number and the second one's even
Skip the third and the next one's even as well
Skip the next, take the next, skip the next
Take, skip, take
You like French fries
But you don't like French fries
You've got socks on
But you don't have socks on
You're a girl but you're a boy
Girl, boy, girl
16, 14, 12, 10
Skip our way back down again
8, 6, 4, 2
You, but not you, but you
Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, red, green
Red, green, red, green, red
She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me
She loves me not, she
(11)
(13)
(15)
I'm not much of a natural dancer
But I've got a friend who's a natural dancer
You could call her a jumpin' bean
She's got ants in her pants and she's gonna dance
I know a girl who's a jumpin' bean
She's got keys and a token when she hits the scene
Yeah I know a girl who's got a record machine
She acts like David Lee Roth when he turned 21
I know a girl who's a natural dancer
With a cape and a hat she's a natural dancer
She coughs and she laughs and she makes a lot of calls
And all of the people applaud
As she leaves the store
As she leaves the store (damn good times)
All of the people applaud (damn good times) As she leaves the store
As she leaves the store (damn good times)
All of the people applaud (damn good times)
Can she do the karaoke? Yes she can, but she won't
'Cause she's highly qualified and she's not a joke
When it comes to opera, she is ossified
So all of you operas better step aside
When my friend got amnesia
She can't remember the show she saw
Like the one with the guy with amnesia
Who got off from the island on a helicopter
I know a girl who's a natural dancer
With a cape and a hat she's a natural dancer
She coughs and she laughs and she makes a lot of calls
And all of the people applaud
As she leaves the store
As she leaves the store (damn good times)
All of the people applaud (damn good times)
As she leaves the store
As she leaves the store (damn good times)
Im shaking down cupid cause Im feeling so mad
Why Id break his leg
Id kill myself if I was somebody else
Im feeling so beside myself
To paging mr. right*
Please to move your van
She thinks of him especially
I think hes kicking sand
In my face, just like in that ad
And I had to walk away feeling mad
To paging mr. right
Please to move your van
So Im shaking down cupid cause Im feeling so mad
Id break his leg
Id kill myself if I was somebody else
Im feeling so beside myself
No, Im shaking down cupid cause Im feeling so mad
Why Id break his leg
Id kill myself if I was somebody else
Im feeling so beside myself
Clowntown
Clowntown
Everyone here is a clown
Bad clown
Sad clown
Everyone here is a clown
Tall clown
Bald clown
Everyone here is a clown
Clowntown
Clowntown
Everyone here is a clown
Nude clown
Prude clown
Everyone here is a clown
Clown car
Drives far
Honk on the horn of the car
Small clowns
All clowns
You said something before you left
Something I was not to forget
Then is when I maybe should have wrote it down
But when I looked around to find a pen
And then I tried to think of what you said
We broke in two, busted through, broke in two
I would go back to the top of the day from scratch
If I thought that this thing could be fixed
Though sadly I'd do exactly the same thing as when
We broke in two, busted through, broke in two
You said, "I'm gonna run you down"
I heard, "I'm an orangutan"
Then is when I maybe should have wrote it down
But when I looked around to find a pen
And then I tried to think of what you said
We broke in two, busted through, broke in two
I would go back to the top of the day from scratch
If I thought that this thing could be fixed
Though sadly I'd do exactly the same thing as when
We broke in two, busted through, broke in two
I'm an orangutan
We broke in two, busted through, I'm an orangutan
Everyone is crying at the dread hypnotic flying
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
You can't walk, you can't ramble 'cause you're gonna have to scramble
From the bee of the bird of the moth
Catbug is a cat, but he's got bugness in his veins
Manhouse lives within himself with thoughtful human brains
Neither one is equal to the challenge of the freak we'll call
The bee of the bird of the moth
Now the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee
Got a brand new shipment of electrical equipment
It's addressed to the bottom of the sea
Send a tangerine-colored nuclear submarine
With a sticker that says 'STP'
Windshield wiper washer fluid spraying in the air
Head lice under hats lie in the headlights everywhere
Subatomic waves to the underwater caves
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
And the moth defeats the mouse and man
It's messing with the plan, it can't be believed
'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth
Who's acting like a bird that thinks it's a bee
Is it us or it that's messed up?
Everyone's deforming in the presence of the swarming
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
Protozoa, snakes, and horses have enlisted in the forces
Of the bee of the bird of the moth
All are irresistibly directed by the section of a hypnotizing tractor beam presenting a prediction
Of the sleep of reason corporation in association
The day is done
The sun is down
The curtains have been drawn
And darkness has descended over everything in town
The covers have been turned and I've got my pajamas on
I've had my fun
I've stretched and yawned and all is said and done
I'm going to bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed
I've done so many things today
There's nothing left to do
I ate three meals, I rode my bike
I hung out with my friends
I did my chores, I watched TV, I practiced the guitar
I brushed my teeth, I read my book
And then I sat around
I'm going to bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed
Oh, it's pointless staying up for even twenty seconds more
When everything has happened and there's nothing else in store
The thing is now to lay my head down, close my eyes, and snore
And so to bed directly I go
The day is done
The sun is down
The curtains have been drawn
And darkness has descended over everything in town
The covers have been turned and I've got my pajamas on
I've had my fun
I've stretched and yawned and all is said and done
I'm going to bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed
Bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed
A bear with a honey pot stuck on its head
A large green hippo with blinking eyes
Some tiny tiny people swinging tiny tiny lanterns
I live up in apartment four
I'm on the very next floor
The number's right on the door
If you ever get bored
Come knock on my door
The one with the four
I live up in apartment number four
Where the sound of the drum comes from
Just follow the sound
That's where the four is found
You don't know me
But I remember when you
Moved into flat number two
That was the day that I knew
That I was not the only one
Who might like the drum
That was shaking the floor
Of apartment four
Come on up to apartment number four
Where the noise of the drum comes from
Just follow the sound
We're gettin' metal with it
We're all MacGyver on it
It's not provisional and highly temporary
It's the unbroken synapses acting out and talking scary
They'd better listen up and fast 'cause now I'm metal on it
Grab your keys, grab your hat,
Grab your coat, tell your mom
You won't be home 'cause now
We're goin' metal on it
Now we're metal with it
We're all MacGyver on it
Things are different and kinda confrontational
Man, if you can't see, I guess you must be goin' blind
There's nothing left but the smoke that's comin' off the mind
They can run, they can hide
We will never be denied
They start the party quick
By goin' metal on it
We're gettin' metal with it
We're all MacGyver on it
It's not provisional and never temporary
It's the unbroken synapses acting out and talking scary
32 footsteps leading to the room
Where the paint doesn't want to dry
32 footsteps running down the road
Where the dirt reaches the sky
32 feathers in my brand-new Indian headdress
32 new moons shining in 32 skies
What's the reason, why'd she go?
Where's my baby? I don't know
32 footsteps, counted them myself, 32 footsteps
Bing bang bingalong, cing cang cingalong
Ding dang dingalong day
Fing fang fingalong, ging gang gingalong
Hing hang hingalong hay
Jing jang jingalong, king kang kingalong
Ling lang lingalong lay
Ming mang mingalong, ning nang ningalong
Ping pang pingalong pay
What's the reason, why'd she go?
Where's my baby? I don't know
32 footsteps, counted them myself, 32 footsteps
32 lies my ears never saw
When the floorboards gave way
32 walls come tumbling down
And the night turns to day
32 infantrymen running in place
32 boxcars, all of them have your face
What's the reason, why'd she leave?
Don't you know we're on the eve of
32 footsteps, counted them myself, 32 footsteps
(No)
(No)
(No)
All right!
Back in ancient times
You know that things then weren't that easy
So many different tribes
So many different ways of writing
So, who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?
I wonder
Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?
Now I've got a question
With an answer that you might find easier
You've got to use your mind
To remember all the letters in order
Now, you put the alphabet in alphabetical order
Come on!
You put the alphabet in alphabetical order
We're going to put the alphabet in alphabetical order now
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won't you play with me?
Oh, I put the alphabet in alphabetical order
Yes, I put the alphabet in alphabetical order
There was a swirling mass of water
That lived in a quiet pond
It asked permission from its master
To visit the lands beyond
And its master allowed it to fly
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
Whirlpool
Whirlpool
There was a swirling mass of water
That lived in a quiet pond
It asked permission from its master
To visit the lands beyond
And its master allowed it to fly
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
And it had the idea to fly
So the wind swept the whirlpool across the sky
Whirlpool
Whirlpool
What's gonna happen to Chess Piece Face?
There go I but for my face, all I know could be defaced
By the facts in the life of Chess Piece Face
I don't know where he lives or if he knows to sail
Or if little schemes like this one ever cross his trail
But I don't believe he's dreaming or if he cares to know
So I shudder in my lampshade
So, what's gonna happen to Chess Piece Face?
There I go but for my face, all I know could be defaced
By the facts in the life of Chess Piece Face
Can we do that?
Can we do that?
I'm def
I'm def
I'm def
I'm listening to the radio
Got a job as a test pilot
Yes I got a job as a test pilot
I'm def
I never listen to the
I never listen to
I never listen to the ra-
I'm defGot a job as a test pilot
Yes I got a job as a test pilot
I'm listening to the radio
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded*
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded*
Can we do that?*
Why don't you leave a message*
I like people, they're the ones who can't stand
They're the ones who can't stand
I see smoke signals coming from them
They say ";We are out of furniture";
Stand on your own head for a change
Give me some skin to call my own
Stand on your own head for a change
Give me some skin to call my ownYou made my day, now you have to sleep in it
Now you have to sleep in it
I love the world and if I have to sue for custody,
I will sue for custody
Stand on your own head for a change
Give me some skin to call my own
Stand on your own head for a change
Give me some skin to call my own
Stand on your own head
Stand on your own head for a change
Stand on your own head
The water running down that pipe
Looks like a snake to me
By ";Doc's Sugar Bowl"; my coffee gets cold
Because I don't want to see that
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I'm the biggest one
I'm the biggest one
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
Should have changed that stupid lock
Should have thrown away the key
No, no, not I, I will survive
Right down here on my knees 'cause
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I'm the biggest one
I'm the biggest one
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
Who can snap my fingers?
Nobody can. Nobody can.
Where's my cat's pajamas?
In the can, the big trash can
Sing is a word six feet down
All the people are so happy now, their heads are caving in
I'm glad they are a snowman with protective rubber skin
But every little thing's a domino that falls on different dots
And crashes into everything that tries to make it stop
And the mirror, it reflects a tiny dancing skeleton
Surrounded by a fleshy overcoat and swaddled in
A furry hat, elastic mask, a pair of shiny marble dice
Some people call them snake-eyes, but to me they look like mice
And nothing's smelling like a rose
But I don't care if no one's coming up for air
I know nothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore
All the people are so happy now, their heads are caving in
I'm glad they are a snowman with protective rubber skin
But every little thing's a domino that falls on different dots
And crashes into everything that tries to make it stop
And nothing's smelling like a rose
But I don't care if no one's coming up for air
I know nothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore
No, no, no, no
Nothing's smelling like a rose
But I don't care if no one's coming up for air
I know that nothing's gonna change my clothes ever anymore
Sometimes I feel like being wispy
And once in a while I feel like being dry
But we're doomed and we're drowned by this feeling we surround
So I hope that I get old before I die
Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
And I wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
And I hope that I get old before I die
Clear off the kitchen table darling
For on the kitchen table I must lie
I'm just tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
And I hope that I get old before I die
Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
And I wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
And I hope that I get old before I die
Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
And I wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
And I hope that I get old before I die
In the mornin' sun 'round seven o'clock
The parking lot fills around Toys-R-Us
And my little girl, she will get away
Ride her bike down Toddler Hiway
What do you think--what do you make out of that recording?
I don't know, Gloria, I just--
Some kind of singing. They sound like all kinds of people, right?
Yeah.
And then it says ";Another child is born in India every time you call this number,"; right?
Yeah, right.
Does that make any sense to you?
No, it doesn't make no sense to me.
And the guy that spoke--I don't know who he is.
Yeah.
But that--it doesn't sound like no answering machine, right?
No, it ain't an answering machine because they're not saying anything, they're just--
But what does he get--how does he make money on this? Whatever he's advertising in the paper, that's the part that don't make no sense.
Oh, he's advertising this in the paper you saw it.
In the Village Voice, yeah. They got--that's where the Kiss Clinic, but they give you another number if you wanna join it. And I got ";Intellectuals meet with other intellectuals.";
Yeah.
";Speak another language.";
Yeah. Oh.
They meet at La Mai--La Maisonette restaurant. They give you the price. Then they give you another number to call if you're interested. This guy, all you get is this here recording, but I don't see how he makes money.
Yeah, yeah.
You know what I'm saying? It's just--they got the craziest things in that paper.
Yeah.
They come over with all--they got the craziest things. But this one here-- ";There Must Be Giants,"; it's called. And it says, ";Call machine,"; and they got the phone number.
Yeah.
But what kind of money does he make? It don't make no sense. Well, he don't make any money, right?
No.
But, then--then he's a nut, right? Do you see--do you see any sense to that? ";There May Be Giants?"; That re--that recording I have on. The new one. Did you hear it? I changed it. I took off the intellectuals. I put on There May Be Giants.
What?
Who's They May Be Giants?
What are you talking about?
That's what's on my--the phone, There May Be--argh, well I can't explain it. 'Cause I don't know what it is. Look in the paper, don't blame me if the guy's a nut.
Which describes how you're feeling all the time
Which describes how you're feeling all the
Feeling all the time
There's this guy in the sky and he makes you want to
Want to make you sigh, like the time
When you felt like you're feeling all the time
And you sighed at the cracks in the ceiling all the time
You said ";I'm feeling fine"; but it didn't really rhyme
It didn't rhyme, overseas
Which describes how you're feeling all the time
It describes how you're feeling
Which describes how you're feeling all the time
When you lie that your life's unappealing all the time
But your lie doesn't rhyme with the word overseas
Overseas there's this guy
Who describes how you're feeling all the time
In his mind he can find how you're feeling all the time
From behind distant lines
Even straighter than his spine
Which is fine
Which is fine
And describes how you're feeling all the time
The famous person wears the same size water skis as me
She's got three cars, as many years I've lived in this city
Her hair is blond and mine is brown, they both start with a B
But when the phone inside her rib cage rings, it's not for me
Never thought I'd fall
But now I hear the call
I'm getting sentimental over you
Things you say and do
Just thrill me through and through
I'm getting sentimental over you
Once I wondered why
I'd sit at home and sigh
I'm getting sentimental over you
Words cannot describe
This poetry inside
I'm getting sentimental over you
I thought I was happy, I could live with myself
Now I see that love is all that I'm thinking ofWon't you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you'll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
'Cause I'm getting sentimental over you
I thought I was happy, I could live with myself
Now I see that love is all that I'm thinking of
Won't you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you'll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
'Cause I'm getting sentimental over you
Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man
Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe manHe's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millenium hand and an eon hand
When they meet it's a happy land
Powerful man, universe man
Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man
Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man
Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man
In a world we call our home there's lots of room to roam
Plenty of time to turn mistakes into rhyme
There's a place for those who love their poetry
It's just across from the sign that says, ";Pros only";
So if you like a band with a chick singer,
Say your cup of tea is a wall of trombones
If you dig Menudo, or MDC we salute you the way we know
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
I'll tell you why
Hats off to the new age hairstyle made of bones
Hats off to the use of hats as megaphones
Speak softly, drive a Sherman tank
Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank
Do you sing like Olive Oyl on purpose
You guys must be into the Eurythmics
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why
Hats off to the new age hairstyle made of bones
Hats off to the use of hats as megaphones
Speak softly, drive a Sherman tank
Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank
Do you sing like Olive Oyl on purpose
You guys must be into the Eurythmics
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why
Why
Why
The mirror on the wall
Won't talk to me at all
Now that I have everything
The place inside the frame
Just doesn't look the same
Now that I have everything
I wasn't always so fortunate
But I knew what I had to do
To be well-to-do
And it had to do
With the things I had to do
And I don't want anything
I don't want anything
Now that I have everything
I can't tell things apart
I don't know where they start
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday
Put down that surfboard, no, please don't say
All the things I think I know that you're about to say
";Everything is everything,"; is what you're just about to say
There was a program, sort of an inquiry
Into what would be
Just the thing for me
If it came to be
I would have to wait and see
And I don't want anything
I don't want anything
Now that I have everything
I can't tell things apart
I don't know where they start
Now that I have everything
And the mirror on the wall
Won't talk to me at all
Now that I have everything
The place inside the frame
Just doesn't look the same
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (Babool Babool)
Babool Babool
There's something coming
There's a new car on the horizon, it's coming very slowly
It makes a noise, it has kittens painted all over it
With a new kind of fur, cleaner, but with a unique smell
Yet, one of these kittens is not prepared to have a good time
It stands alone, away from the crowd, it's your kind of kitten
Now the time has come to climb into that car
And to shake the paw of destiny
No, no, They Might Be Giants are not satanists
They are not posing as an easy-listening nazi rock band
Trying to lure intellectuals into believing what they already know to be true
No, listen to the sound of my voice, put away your big blue cigars
And make way, yes, make way, ladies and gentlemen
I could never sleep my way to the top
'Cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up
And since my options had been whittled away
I struck a bargain with my radio DJ
I said I'd like this song to be number one
He said ";I'd really really like to help you my son";
And then I knew that I would have him to thank
Because he asked me how much I had in the bank
He said to think long term investment and
That all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives
He said the record wouldn't have to be hot
And no one ever seemed to care if it's not
It would depend on something else that I've got
And that the other ones who'd given it a shot
Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically
And then they had forgiven themselves
Because the net reward had justified
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives*
Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said, ";You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record";
And I thought you said we had a deal
Well, I told you about the world (its address)
I wonder when they're gonna clean up the mess
You know the rabid child is still tuning in
Chess piece face's patience must be wearing thin
Because they haven't played this song on the air
Not that anyone but me even cared
And the Disk Jockey has moved out of town
The district courthouse says he's nowhere to be found
He said to think long term investment and
That all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives
Hey Mr. DJ, I thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said, ";You scratch my back and I'll scratch your record";
And I thought you said we had a deal
Get out of the car
Put down the phone
Take off that stupid looking hat you wear
I'm going to die if you touch me one more time
Well I guess that I'm going to die no matter what
Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
You think it's always sensitive and good
You think that I want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
Beat up the cat if you need someone else on the mat
I put a rock in the coffee in your coffee mug
Which one of us is the one that we can't trust?
You say that I think it's you but I don't agree with that
Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
You think it's always sensitive and good
You think that I want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
even when we get along
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
Why can't you be sensitive and good
Why don't you want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
This song is dedicated to all you modern-day troubadors out there
And I think I know who you are
I got to get a job
Got to get some pay
My son's gotta go to art school
He's leaving in three days
And the TV's in Esperanto*
You know that that's a bitch
But alienation's for the rich
And I'm feeling poorer every day
Hey hey hey
Well I ain't feeling happy
About the state of things in my life
But I'm working to make it better
With a six of Miller High Life
Just drinking and a-driving
Making sure my dues get paid
Because alienation's for the rich
And I'm feeling poorer every day
Hey hey hey
Well I ain't feeling happy
About the state of things in my life
But I'm working to make it better
With a six of Miller High Life
Just drinking and a-driving
Making sure my dues get paid
Because alienation's for the rich
And I'm feeling poorer every day
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Hey hey hey
Youth culture (youth culture)
Youth culture (youth culture)
Youth culture (youth culture)
Youth culture (youth culture)
Youth culture killed my dog
And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair)
And his suicide can be justified
By the tastemakers, how they cried and cried and so
Bacharach and David used to write his favorite songs
Never, never, never would he worry, he'd just run and fetch the ball
But the night lights and my dog's life aren't exactly one and the same
Youth culture killed my dog
And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair)
And the judgement made in the city of hate
Just broke his spirit so
Bacharach and David used to write his favorite songs
Never, never, never would he worry, he'd just run and fetch the ball
But the hiphop and the white funk just blew away my puppy's mind
I don't understand what you did to my dog
And I don't understand what you did to my dog
I don't understand what you did to my dog
I don't understand what you did to my dog
Youth culture killed my dog (Youth culture killed my dog)
And I don't think it's fair (I don't think it's fair)
And his suicide can be justified
By the tastemakers, how they cried and cried and so
Youth culture (youth culture)
Youth culture (youth culture)
Broke his spirit so (broke his spirit so)
Broke his spirit so
Youth culture (youth culture)
(youth culture)
Youth culture (youth culture)
(youth culture)
Broke his spirit so (broke his spirit so)
Broke his spirit so
Everything right is wrong again
Just like in the long long trailer
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving
And nobody would stop to save her
Wake me when it's over, touch my face
Tell me every word has been erased
Don't you want to know the reason
Why the cupboard's not appealing
Don't you get the feeling that
Everything that's right is wrong again
You're a weasel overcome with dinge
Weasel overcome but not before the damage done
The healing doesn't stop the feeling
Everything right is wrong again
Just like in the long long trailer
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving
And nobody would stop to save her
And now the song is over now
And now the song is over now
And now the song is over now
The song is over nowEverything right is wrong again
Every movement false, every four is waltz again
Every five and dime's been gained and spent
Tell me that you like my float upstream
Draw the line dividing laugh and scream
You know everything that I know so I know
You've heard the voice that makes the silent noise
That says that
Everything that's right is wrong again
You're a weasel overcome with dinge
Weasel overcome but not before the damage done
The healing doesn't stop the feeling
Everything right is wrong again
Just like in the long long trailer
All the dishes got broken and the car kept driving
And nobody would stop to save her
And now the song is over now
And now the song is over now
And now the song is over now
The song is over now
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
Now I laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
I look like Jesus, so they say
But Mr. Jesus is very far away
Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
That you love me and I love me
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
Yes a world screams, ";Kiss me, Son of God";
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
Yo ho, it's hot, the sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need its light
We need its heat
We need its energy
Without the sun, without a doubt
There'd be no you and me
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
It is so hot that everything on it is a gas: iron, copper, aluminum, and many others.
The sun is large
If the sun were hollow, a million Earths could fit inside. And yet, the sun is only a middle-sized star.
The sun is far away
About 93 million miles away, and that's why it looks so small.
And even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
The sun gives heat
The sun gives light
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun come from the nuclear reactions of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and helium.*
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
Notes
*Live versions of this song are improvised extensively. Some variants on this section:
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light of the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium.
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between oxygen, hydrogen, helium, and hydrogen.
You know, Frank, scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun are caused by the nuclear reaction between hydrogen and you, Frank O'Toole.
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine. The heat and light from the sun come from the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, helium, carbon, boron, chloron, fluoron, moron, and estrogen.
I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm
But everyone was acting normal so I tried to look nonchalant.
We both said, ";I really love you,";
The Shriners loaned us cars
We raced up and down the sidewalk twenty thousand million times
Why did they send her over anyone else?
How should I react? These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all, in fact
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear, there's no air
Sometimes I think I kind of like that and
Other times I think I'm already there
Gonna ask for my admission
Gonna speak to the man in charge
The secretary says he's on another line,
Can I hold for a long, long time?
I found out she's an angel
I don't think she knows I know
I'm worried that something might happen to me
If anyone ever finds out
Why, why did they send her over anyone else?
How should I react? These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear, there's no air
Sometimes I think I kind of like that and
Other times I think I'm already there
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things
Well the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid
And my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent
When this grey world crumbles like a cake
I'll be hanging from the hope
That I'll never see that recipe again
As I walk, I think about a new way to walk
As I think, I'm using up the time left to think
And this train keep rolling off the track
Trying to act like something else
Trying to go where it's been uninvited
It's not my birthday
It's not today
It's not my birthday, so why do you lunge out at me?
When the word comes down, ";Never more will be around";
Though I'll wish you were there, I was less than we could bear
And I'm not the only dust my mother raised
So, I'm rattling the bars around this drink tank
Discreetly I should pour through the keyhole or evaporate completely
But there'd be no percentage, and there'd be no proof
And the sound upon the roof is only water
And the rain falls down without my help I'm afraid
And my lawn gets wet though I've withheld my consent
When this grey world crumbles like a cake
I'll be hanging from the hope
That I'll never see that recipe again
It's not my birthday
It's not today
It's not my birthday, so why do you lunge out at me?
When the word comes down, ";Never more will be around";
Though I'll wish you were there, I was less than we could bear
And I'm not the only dust my mother raised
I am not the only dust my mother raised
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
They want what they're not and I wish they would stop saying,
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
I don't want to live in this world anymore
I don't want to live in this world
Don't don't don't let's start
This is the worst part
Could believe for all the world
That you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start
I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
Piece of dirt, that is all I'm standing on today
Piece of dirt, the whole world has slipped away
I would climb the highest mountain just to jump into a fountain
Or to fly, I'd fly away
A woman's voice on the radio can convince you you're in love
A woman's voice on the telephone can convince you you're alone
But I set my sails so long ago they've revoked my sailor's badge
Said I should be content and happy on this ink spot where I stand
Piece of dirt, that is all I'm standing on today
Piece of dirt, the whole world has slipped away
I find myself haunted by a spooky man named me
I wish that I could jump out of my skin
As I got hit by a car there was a message for me
As I went through the windshield, I noticed something
Subliminal
CHORUS
In an unnoticeable way
Important
And hard to see
Subliminal
Subliminal
While ying here in my bed there was a message for me
As I went throug hthe pillow, I noticed something
Subliminal
Stare into the subliminal for as long as you can
Look at all the people in the window
I'm checking out the people in the window
I was uncomfortable
Now I'm unfomfortable
The trouble I encountered when I thought it was, it was a window
It was a catalog of many women, men
The window
Window
Window
No More Mister Nice Guy
I Love the Dead
I've been thinking about it
Now I understand what he said
Ask me now to understand the words that Alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun
Why must I be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
WHy must I be sad?
No one knows these things but me and him
So I'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook
In hopes that one day other people will feel as low as this
Welcome to My Nightmare
Dead Babies
Raped and Freezin'
You Drive Me Nervous
Elected
Generation Landslide
Under My WHeels
Muscle of Love
School's Out
Only Women Bleed
Billion Dollar Babies
"Do you smile 'cause I'm funny?", said the man
"I wasn't joking and I meant the thing I said"
"Not at all, not at all", said the woman to the man
"I was thinking of an unrelated thing"
Unconnected and free
No relationship to anything
"How come you never look me in the eye?"
Aren't you listening to me?", said the man
"Not at all, not at all", said the woman to the man
"I'm still thinking of an unrelated thing"
Somewhere other than here
Something else besides the man
"Please explain the expression on your face
Then I'll know what's beneath it", said the man
"No you won't, no you won't", said the woman to the man
"I'll be thinking of an unrelated thing"
Once a year my friend puts on a red suit
And hangs around with me and my wife
But lately I've been feeling jealous each time she climbs on his knee
And she stands beneath the mistletoe screaming
For him to stand beneath the mistletoe screaming
Now I can't help but feeling jealous each time she climbs on his knee
Why must she climb on his knee?
CHORUS
I saw my baby wearing Santa's beard
She kissed him once and whispered in his ear
I saw my baby wearing Santa's beard
I whish he would go
He's breaking up my home
She always had this twisted side to her
But she'd never drag my name around town
But lately she's been humming cheating songs
And I don't like that fat guy around
No, I don't like that fat guy around
Thrilling Christmas, trembling fear
CHORUS
There's a girl with a crown and a scepter
Who's on WLSD
And she says that the scene isn't what it's been
And she's thinking of going home
That it's old and it's totally over now
And it's old and it's over, it's over now
And it's over, it's over, it's over now
I can see myself
At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there's any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you're still around
Then we'll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we'll meet at the end of the tour
Never to part since the day we met
Out on Interstate 91
I was bent metal you were a flaming wreck
When we kissed at the overpass
I was sailing along with the people
Driving themselves to distraction inside me
Then came a knock on the door which was odd
And the picture abruptly changedAt the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there's any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you're still around
Then we'll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we'll meet at the end of the tour
This was the vehicle these were the people
You opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
You opened the door and expelled all the people
This was the vehicle these were the people
You let them go
At the end of the tour
When the road disappears
If there's any more people around
When the tour runs aground
And if you're still around
Then we'll meet at the end of the tour
The engagements are booked through the end of the world
So we'll meet at the end of the tour
And we're never gonna tour again
No, we're never gonna tour again
Sir hand
Or is it ma'am
I fell out of my right place again
And you considered me
And now I'm where a snail has to be
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
I want to thank yo ufor putting me back in my snail shell
Was it something you would do for anybody?
Was it what you'd only do for me?
I need to know because you see
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
Friend
Look what you gave
And how can you ever be repaid?
How may I give you a hand
>From the position at your feet where I stand?
So let me thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
Snail shell
Thank you
Snail shell
Thank you
Was it something you would do for anybody?
Was it what you'd only do for me?
Or was it something where you acted when you saw the need
And knew that there would be a way the act could be repaid
And so it may, but for today
I want to thank you for putting me back in my snail shell
Long before the screen door slammed she was out of Xenis
A stranger could have loved that town but she had to leave
I wish I'd gotten to knw her before I fell in love
I could say who's to blaame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll sweat til Kitten's out of jail
It was like a TV show, the way she stole that car
Easy now to criticize
Easy now to talk
I thought my luck was changing
I guess I was wrong
Didn't want to be a slave
Just turned out that way
I could say she's to blame, say she's the man in this cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll sear and I'll swear and I'll sear
Til Kitten's out of jail
In my prison cell I think these words
I was careless
I can see that now
I must be silent
Must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
You my mirror
You my iron bars
When I made a shadow on my window shade
They called the police and testified
But they're like the people chained up in a cave
In the allegory of the people in the cave
By the Greek guy
Noe one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
In my prison cell I bide my time
Always thinking
Always busy cooking up an angle
Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle
Sketching out the burning autumn leaves
No one understands
No one knows my plan
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
You my mirror
You my iron bars
No one understands
No one knows my plan
When the ship runs out of ocean
And the vessel runs aground
Land's where we know the boat is found
Now there's nothing unexpected
About the water giving out
";Land's"; not a word we have to shout.
But there's something beside the shoreline
Moving across the beachhead
Coming up from the shipwreck
Making as if to say:
Women & Men
Women & Men
Women & Men
Women & Men(Women & Men) Bringing with them messages of love
And every where they go love will grow (love will grow)
(Women & Men) When you see the faces of the women
And the men, you too will know (you will know)
Women & Men have crossed the ocean
They now begin to pour
Out from the boat and up the shore
Two by two they enter the jungle
And soon they number more
Three by three as well as four by four
Soon the stream of people gets wider
Then it becomes a river
River becomes an ocean
Carrying ships that bear
Women & Men
Women & Men
Women & Men
Women & Men
(They Might Be Giants/Allen Ginsberg)
I saw the best minds of my generation
Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical
I should be allowed to glue my poster
I should be allowed to think
I should be allowed to glue my poster
I should be allowed to think
I should be allowed to think
I should be allowed to think
And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea
If by random whim, one occurs to me
If necessary, leave paper stains on the grey utility pole
I saw the worst bands of my generation
Applied by magic marker to dry wall
I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off
I should have a call in show
I am not allowed
To ever come up with a single original thought
I am not allowed
To meet the criminal government agent who oppresses me
I was the best hope of my generation
Destroyed my madness, starving, hysterical
I should be allowed to share my feelings
I should be allowed to feel
I should be allowed to glue my poster
I should be allowed to think
I should be allowed to think
I should be allowed to think
And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea
If by random whim one occurs to me
But sadly, this can never be
I am not allowed to think
When I walk down the street, most guys look like elves
I don't mean to put them down but they do
It's hard to understand me from the laguage that I use
There's n oword in English for my style
CHORUS
What's a man like me supposed to do with all this extra savoir-faire?
What is left for me to prove, dear?
I know just what to do when the ladies come 'round
You can try to copy me but you'll fall
Now, you might think you're different but time will prove me right
When you wake up from your dream I'll be gone
CHORUS
I lost my lucky ball & chain
Now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me
And all my rattling on
She threw away her baby-doll
I held on to my pride
But I was young and foolish then
I feel old and foolish now
Confidentially --
she never called me baby-doll
Confidentially --
I never had much pride
But now I rock a bar stool
and I drink for two
just pondering this time bomb in my mind
I lost my lucky ball & chain
Now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me
And all my rattling on
She walked away from a happy man
I thought I was so cool
I just stood there whistling
";There goes the bride"; as she walked out the door
";There goes the bride"; as she walked out the doorI could shake my tiny fist
and swear I wasn't wrong
But what's the sense in arguing
when you're all alone?
Sure as you can't steer a train
you can't change your fate
And when she told me of that day
I knew I'd lost my home
Confidentially --
I never told you of her charms
Confidentially --
we never had a home
But this railroad apartment
was the perfect place
when she'd sit and hold me in her arms
I lost my lucky ball & chain
Now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me
And all my rattling on
She walked away from a happy man
I thought I was so cool
I just stood there whistling
";There goes the bride"; as she walked out the door
";There goes the bride"; as she walked out the door
";There goes the bride"; as she walked out the door
We're in a road movie to Berlin
Can't drive out the way we drove in
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
And we'll go
We were once so close to heaven
Peter came out and gave us medals
Declaring us the nicest of the damned
You said you were the king of liars
And I believed you and called you sire
But I realize now that I have been deceived
Time won't find the lost
It'll sweep up our skeleton bones
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals
We're in a road movie to Berlin
Can'T drive out the way we drove in
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
And we'll go
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DON'T BLAME ME...
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Eric Wincentsen "Greetings from the Humungous-
267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu The Lord Humungous!"
Glendale Community College, -The Road Warrior
Glendale, Arizona
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Particle man, Particle man,
Doin' the things a particle can,
What's he like?
It's not important,
Particle man.
Is he a dot?
Or is he a speck?
When he's under water does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows,
Particle man.
Triangle man, Triangle man,
Triangle man hates Particle man,
They have a fight,
Triangle wins,
Triangle man.
Universe man, Universe man,
The size of the entire Universe man,
Usually kind to Smaller man,
Universe man.
He's got a watch with a minute hand,
Millenium hand and an eon hand,
And when they meet it's a happy land,
Faxolite man, Universe man.
Person man, Person man,
Hit on the head with a frying pan,
Lives his life in a garbage can,
Person man.
Is he depressed?
Or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with Person man?
Degraded man, Person man.
Triangle man, Triangle man,
Triangle man hates Person man,
They have a fight,
Triangle wins,
Triangle man.
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks
There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left
I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10?
Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration
As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again?
Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought
Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Hitting every pocket on my shirt, pants and overcoat
And I'm hitting them again but I don't know where I put my notes
Clearing my throat, and gripping the lectern I smile and face my audience
Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink
And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see stuff through the glass that I don't recognize at all
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off
I'm not done talking yet
I'm not done talking yet
And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see a broken figure silhouetted on the wall
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off
I won't be done until my head falls off
You gave me a pet name which is not to say I like it
We met at a party not to say I was invited
You said love was just a lie
But I could tell that you were lying
And we almost figured out how we get along
And given time we find it strange to be alone
And you work in a hotel at the magazine concession
"Back in just five minutes" reads the sign above your station
Slip your profits in a bag
And you're looking up to the hour hand
And we almost figured out how we get along
And given time we find it strange to be alone and
You just forgot your one pet name for me
And all those promises you said you'd keep
And it's a lucky thing because that sentimental stuff doesn't suit you
at all
Waiting at the bus stop for just about an hour
Strategies for hangman, cat's cradle, origami
You say I'm OK for a guy
But I can tell that you are lying
And we've almost figured out how we get along
And given time we'll find it strange to be alone and
You just forgot your one pet name for me
And all those promises you said you'd keep
And it's a lucky thing because that sentimental stuff doesn't
You just forgot your one pet name for me
And all those promises you said you'd keep
And it's a lucky thing because that sentimental stuff doesn't suit you
I returned a bag of groceries
Accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the expiration date
I came back as a bag of groveries
Accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the date stamped on myself
CHORUS
Did a large procession wave their
Torches as my hed fell in the basket
And was everybody dancing on the casket?
Now it's over I'm dead and I haven't
Done anything that I want
Or, I'm still alive
And there's nothing I want to do
I will never say the word
"Procrastinate" again; I'll never
See myself in the mirror with my eyes closed
I didn't apologize foor when I was eight
And I made my younger brother
Have to be my personal slave
CHORUS
So I won't sit at home anymore
And you wn't see my head in the window
And I won't be around ever anymore
And I7ll be up there on the wall at the store
I returned a bag of groceries
Accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the expiration date
I came back as a bag of groceries
Accidentally taken off the shelf
Before the date stamped on myself
CHORUS
You called me last night on the telephone
And I was glad to hear from you 'cause I was all alone
You said, ";It's snowing, it's snowing! God, I hate this weather.";
Now I walk through blizzards just to get us back together
We met in the springtime at a rock-and-roll show
It was on the Bowery when it was time to go
We kissed on the subway in the middle of the night
I held your hand, you held mine, it was the best night of my life.
'Cause everyone's your friend in New York City
And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
But the best thing about New York City is you and me
Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, Co-op City, Katz's and Tiffany's*
Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge, The Empire State where Dylan lived**
Coney Island and Times Square, Rockefeller Center
Wish I was there
You wrote me a letter just the other day
Said, ";Springtime is coming soon so why don't you come to stay.";
I packed my stuff, got on the bus, I can't believe it's true
I'm three days from New York City and I'm three days from you
'Cause everyone's my friend in New York City
And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
But the best thing about New York City is you and me
'Cause everyone's my friend in New York City
And everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
The streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see
But the best thing about New York City is you and me.
Down at the shore there's a place where there's no one vacationing
There's just the sound of the call of the wild overcoming the fear of
the unknown
And I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there beneath the sand
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
Look past the volley ball
Look past the squawking gull
Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal
'Cause I've got something to make you understand
Something hidden there underneath the land
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector
Watch it shine
Every seashell has a story to tell if you're listening
But underneath every shell there's a story as well if you've heard
enough of the sea
Then everything on the top will just suddenly stop seeming interesting
So listen now to the sound of the things that are found underground
Don't need no volley ball
Don't need no squawking gull
Don't need to look at any bathing beauty doll
For I've got something to help you understand
Something waiting there beneath the sand
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
Look past the volley ball
Look past the squawking gull
Ignore the mountain of discarded falderal
'Cause I've got something to make you understand
Something hidden there underneath the land
My metal detector is with me all of the time
I'm the inspector over the mine
Metal detector
Watch it shine
Don't need no volley ball
Don't need no squawking gull
In 1844, the Democrats were split
The three nominees for the presidential candidate
Were Martin Van Buren, a former president and an abolitionist
James Buchanan, a moderate
Louis Cass, a general and expansionist
From Nashville came a dark horse riding up
He was James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
Austere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
He's just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stump
In four short years he met his every goal
He seized the whole southwest from Mexico
Made sure the tarriffs fell
And made the English sell the Oregon territory
He built an independent treasury
Having done all this he sought no second term
But precious few have mourned the passing of
Mister James K. Polk, our eleventh president
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?
Is it Jim?
I don't know
Is it Jim?
I don't know
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control
Hey
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?
Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion's on the phone
Hush my darling, be still my darling, the lion's on the phone
Hush my darling, be still my darling
Hey
Hush my darling, be still my darling
Hey
Turn it up
The guitar
I can't hear
The guitar
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion waves good-bye
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion waves good-bye
Hey
Who's that playing
Hey
The guitar?
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Notes
The following are the lyrics to the Even Further Outer Planet Mix. For Outer Planet Mix lyrics, insert these into the original song where appropriate.
I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and to give thanks in his or her own way
All the people on this earth are truly one
All the people on this earth are truly one
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Tranquility base
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
All the people on this earth are truly one
All the people on this earth are truly one
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Peace and tranquility
Tranquility base
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
I don't want to change your mind
I don't want to think about your mind
They say love is blind
I don't think you're blind
You don't want to understand
And I don't want to shake your father's hand
And walk in the sand
And act like a man
I get on the bus
And ride past our stop
And though I'm late
I can't get off
I just can't bear to tell you some lies
And narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
We'll take back every thing we said
Split up all the things and move ahead
Forgot how you said
We'll split the side off the bed
I get on my bike
Ride down our block
Ride through the world
Through the green lights
But when I think of all your advice
I narrow my eyes
narrow my eyesI don't want to change your mind
I don't want to think about your mind
They say love is blind
I don't think you're blind
I get on the bus
Ride past our stop
And though I'm late
I can't get off
I just can't bear to tell you some lies
And narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Now let's toast the sad cold fact
Our love's never coming back
And we'll race to the bottom of a glass
So narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Narrow your eyes
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
And we're playing in a rock 'n' roll band
(We're playing in a rock 'n' roll band)
We're having a good time
(We're)
We're having a good time
(We're)
We're having a good time
(We're)
Rock 'n' rollin' 'til the break of dawn
(Rock 'n' rollin' 'til the break of dawn)
Hey, where's Tommy? Someone find Tommy
We're out on the road
Moving equipment, where's the equipment?
Soon we're going home
Then we'll have a party
(Then)
Then we'll have a party
(Then)
Then we'll have a party
(Then)
Rock 'n' rollin' 'til the break of dawn
(Rock 'n' rollin' 'til the break of dawn)
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
Hi, we're the Replacements
(Hi)
And we're playing in a rock 'n' roll band
(We're playing in a rock 'n' roll band)
I don't wanna
We're playing in a rock 'n' roll band
We're
We're
We're
Where was I? I forgot
The point that I was making
I said if I was smart that I would
Save up for a piece of string
and a rock to wind the string around
Everybody wants a rock
To wind a piece of string around
Throw the crib door wide
Let the people crawl inside
Someone in this town
Is trying to burn their playhouse down
They want to stop the ones who want
A rock to wind a string around
But everybody wants a rock
To wind a piece of string around
If I were a carpenter I'd
Hammer on my piglet
I'd collect the seven dollars and I'd
Buy a big prosthetic forehead
And wear it on my real head
Everybody wants prosthetic
Foreheads on their real heads
Throw the crib door wide
Let the foreheads come inside
Someone in this town
Is trying to burn the foreheads down
They want to stop the ones who want
Prosthetic foreheads on their heads
CHORUS
This is where the party ends
I can't stand here listening to you
And your racist friend
I now politics bore you
But I feel llike a hypocrite talking to you
You and your racist friend
It was the loveliest party that I've ever attended
If anything was broken
I'm sure it could be mended
My hed is tired from bobbing and pretending
Listen to some bullet-head
And the madness that he's saying
This is where the party ends
I'll just sit here wondering how you
Cn stand by your racist friend
I know politics bore you
But I feel like a hypocrite
Talking to yo
You and your racist friend
Out from the kitchen
To the bedroom to the hallway
Your friend apologizes, he could see it my way
He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking
Can't shake the devil's hand
And say you're only kidding
CHORUS
Yeah
Your mom's alright
Your mom's alright
Your ass is grass
And I'm a lawnmower
You dandelion
I am a sunflower
This darkest night
This vale of no hope
You piece of tape
Here comes a Post-It note
Yeah
Your mom's alright
Your mom's alright
Your ass is grass
And I'm a lawnmower
Incense and joss
I am a leaf-blower
Through scallions
I am the sour cream
Bring forth the froth
I am the hot steam
Your mom's alright
Your mom's alright
Pop rock (bongos)
Pop rock (bongos)
Pop rock (bongos)
Your ass is grass
Not least the east wing
Unfactual
Ungrease the peace thing
Some paper doll
Some super-fast car
Some onion roll
Some mayonnaise jar
Yeah
Your mom's alright
Yeah
Your mom's alright
Yeah
Your mom's alright
Your mom's alright
Alright (yes!)
XTC versus Adam Ant
Content versus form
Fighting for that place in rock-n-roll
There is no right or wrong
Just when you think it's finished with XTC on top
Ant music like a phoenix flies back up the charts
XTC versus Adam Ant
Only one will survive
Beatle-based pop versus new romantic
History will decide
XTC versus Adam Ant
I can't tell you why
Even the singer from Bow Wow Wow
Can't make up her mind
XTC versus Adam Ant
Time is marching on
XTC versus Adam Ant
There is no right or wrong
There is no right or wrong
When the ship runs out of ocean
and the vessel runs aground
Land's where we know the boat is found
Now there's nothing unexpected
About the water running out
"Land's" not a word we have to shout
But there's something beside the shoreline
Coming up from the shipwreck
Moving across the beachhead
Making as if to say
CHORUS
Women and men
Women and men
Women and men
Bringing with them messages of love
And everywhere they go love will grow
When you see the faces of the women
And the men, you too will know
Women and men have crossed the ocean
they now begin to pour
Out from the boat and up the shore
Two by two they enter the jungle
And soon they number more
Three by three as well as four by four
Soon the stream of people gets wider
Then it becomes a river
River becomes an ocean
Carrying ships that bear
CHORUS
The pro is here to lead the way, to save the day
(Wicked little critta)
He clips the puck from Bobby Orr, he shoots, he scores
(Wicked little critta)
As he proceeds to torch the place
As he proceeds to scorch the place
As he proceeds to torch the place
Scorcher, torcher, scorcher
(Wicked little critta)
He's a wicked little critta with a sissy bar
And he lays a patch on the tar
He's a wicked little critta with a sissy bar
And he lays a patch on the tar
And he pops a wheelie on his minibike
And he burns rubber when he peels out
He's a wicked little critta with a sissy bar
And he lays a patch on the tar
And he clips the ball from Havlicek
And Havlicek is used and abused
He's a wicked little critta with a sissy bar
And he lays a patch on the tar
He decides to ditch and he ditches
And nobody knows where he ditched
He's a wicked little critta with a sissy bar
And he lays a patch on the tar
It's a wicked little guy
Wicked, piss off, little guy
Wicked scorcher little critta
He's a wicked little guy
(Wicked little critta)
He's a dink
Way to go
I like him
Marmalade's from Scotland
Rugs from Pakistan
Mexico has jumping beans
And cars are from Japan
Clowns are from the circus
Barking comes from dogs
Eggs come from a chicken
And log cabins come from logs
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
New York has tall buildings
New Jersey has its malls
Pisa has a leaning tower
Will it ever fall?
The ocean has the fishes
London has a tower
In Holland they have windmills,
Lots of bikes, and pretty flowers
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
Balloons (da, da, doodoodoodoo, da, da, doodoodoodoo)
Balloons (da, da, doodoodoodoo, da, da, doodoodoodoo)
Balloons (da, da, doodoodoodoo, da, da, doodoodoodoo)
Balloons (da, da, doodoodoodoo, da, da, doodoodoodoo)
Spaghetti is from China (doo, doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
But Italians make it best (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
Ants can make an anthill (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
And monkeys make a mess (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
Hungary isn't hungry (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
And french fries aren't from France (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
Turkeys aren't from Turkey (doodoo, doodoodoodoo)
They can't fly but they can dance (doodoo)
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
But where, where do they make balloons? (where)
I'm so tired
Of your lies,
And the evil things you're doing behind my back
Are the crimes that you have never committed.
I doubt it.
Sometimes I wonder when will you die.
You're Insane.
You are bad.
You wreck everything you touch,
And you're a sociopath.
There's just one thing that everyone's wondering
When will you die?
School children stay at home, (Yeah)
And all the banks will close. (Yeah)
Each Year we'll mark the date (Yeah)
On which we celebrate (Yeah)
I know how,
I know why.
I can picture every part of your comeuppance except
For the one remaining
Piece of the puzzle
Which is when you'll die.
This is Dan,
And that's Dan,
And there's Marty on the drums to complete the band
And I am John,
And he is also John,
And all of us are wondering
When you're gunna die?
Still you live
You go on,
But your running up the clock,
And if we knew how long.
I'll be counting down the days until the lovely one
On which you're gone.
On that promised morning
We will wake and greet the dawn.
Knowing that your wicked life is over,
And that we will carry on.
We'll exhale,
We'll high-five,
We will know at last how great it is to be alive.
We'll be lining up, and buying tickets,
And then we'll be jumping up and down on your grave.
You're Insane.
You are Bad.
You wreck everything you touch,
And you're a sociopath.
And the only way to mitigate
Would be to know the date
You're scheduled to vacate.
When are you going to die?
Look me in the eye
Welcome to the jungle, Jim
Welcome to the jungle, Jim
Welcome to it, Jim
Welcome to the jungle, Anne
Welcome to the jungle, Dan
Welcome to it, John
Think you're gonna like
I think you're gonna like it
Once you've given the jungle a chance
Think you're gonna like it
Once you've given it a chance
In the Jungle
Now you will be with me
Put your hand in my hand
Lift up the rock and see all the things
That share the jungle with us
Welcome to the
Welcome to the TREES!...TREES!
Push me in the face again
Push me in the face again
Push me in the face
Didn't really like
I didn't really like
The last time when you pushed me in the face
Didn't really like the last time when you pushed my face
In the Jungle
Now you will be with me
Put your hand in my hand
Lift up the rock and see all the things
That live in the jungle with us
Put your hand near the bug
We are so much like them
See how the bug reacts to your hand
I never went to the tropical island
Though everybody said they saw me there
And it wasn't me you punched a hole in
At the West German protest march
Simultaneous events don't happen
We are isolated temporally
And a part is never called a whole thing
Though it bothers it to know it's so
Every man is made of two opinions
Every woman has a second half
And it's samba time for Tambo and
Weep day for Urine Man
I didn't write the words you hear me singing
I didn't sing the line before this one
You were not the one I was addressing
That person took a train to Africa
Where he met the consulate from Belgium
Who is now a hermit in a cave
Who is pitching for the Oakland Raiders
Up at dawn and
Sleepy and yawning
Still the taste of wine
Then I remember you're mine and
I've got that a world that's fine
What's before me
Routines that bore me
Punch the clock at 8
But what a lucky guy I am
I've got a world that's great
Atom bombs
Cape Canaveral and false alarms
Half the universe is up in arms
So I flip a little do until I'm holding you
What's the hassle
I'll buy the castle
We can live like kings
If we're together forever
I've got a world that
You've got a world that
We've got a world that swings
I'd like to take you on this wild, wonderful venture
Fly like a kite through space
No strings
I don't want to lose that bell that rings
I've got a world that
You've got a world that
We've got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings)
We've got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings)
We've got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings)
The secret life of six
Means having fun
When everyone's inside
He's in the sun
Six knows how to stand on his head
Six knows how to stand on his head
Six knows how to stand on his head
Six knows how to stand on his head
And when six pretends he's nine
He acts older and older
And when six pretends he's nine
He wears wiser disguises
The secret life of nine
Means having fun
When everyone's inside
He's in the sun
Nine knows how to stand on his head
Nine knows how to stand on his head
Nine knows how to stand on his head
Nine knows how to stand on his head
And when nine pretends he's six
He acts sunny and funny
And when nine pretends he's six
There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left
I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10?
Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration
As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again?
Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought
Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Hitting every pocket on my shirt, pants and overcoat
And I'm hitting them again but I don't know where I put my notes
Clearing my throat, and gripping the lectern I smile and face my audience
Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink
And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see stuff through the glass that I don't recognize at all
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off
I'm not done talking yet
I'm not done talking yet
And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see a broken figure silhouetted on the wall
And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off
The token back to Brooklyn fell between the grating
And we're just watching it sinking
The fare went up to $100
And we can never go home again
The bill collector's drinking lighter fluid
And says he'll tell our parents
Our feet start running at a furious pace
I know, I know, I said that I would quit
All right, I promise, no more after this
You don't know how
I've tried to forget what it was like
I remember now, I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird
Man, oh man, my throat is dry
Man, are you thinking what I am?
Well, what about it then?
Before you fall, you have to learn to crawl
You can't see heaven when you're standing tall
To get the whole sky on the ground, you have to lie
I remember now, I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird
We like fun, me and my girl
We'll have fun, fun, fun until
T bird takes her dad away
I know, I know, I said that I'd desist
All right, I promise, no more after this
Not to be what I was like
Not to soar across the sky
Spread my thunder wings and fly
Spread my thunder wings and fly
I remember now, I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
The monochrome martinet
His texture is starch
The song is a march
And from the beginning
His duende was winning
But though he's a worthy M.C,
He'll never be part of the three,
Orpheum hacked
Faustian pact
Three might be duende, in fact.
Necropolis blowing apart
A ghostly sight
Emerges bright
Hot from the embers
The first team member
Is hatching a dastardly plan
Like a bird with a dsastardly egg
Trapped in his time
Lost in his rhyms
One might be duende defined.
Apocyrphal espadrille
The shaper of dreams
Returns to the scene
No diorama
Could match his drama
A smile that would frighten the blind
The incubus freezes the mind
Fooled by his charm,
Right off the farm,
Sound might be duende's alarm.
Dystopia
Smashed to bits,
The keeper of dust,
The builder of rust,
When you discover
Sleep's older brother,
The trio is finally complete,
The trio has just won his seat,
Forged by their past,
First in their class,
Three might be duende,
Three might be duende,
Love sees love's happiness
But happiness can't see that love is sad
That love is sad
Sadness is hanging there
To show love somewhere something needs a change
They need a change
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To take the house he built for her apart
To make it break it's gonna take
A metal ball hung from a chain
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To pick the broken ruins up again
To mend her heart, to help him start
To see a world apart from pain
Lad's gal is all he has
Gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad
The love of lad
Some things gal says to lad aren't meant as bad
But cause a little pain
They cause him pain
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To take the house he built for her apart
To make it break, it's gonna take
A metal ball hung from a chain
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To pick the broken ruins up again
To mend her heart, to help him start
To see a world apart from pain
Don't call me at work again, no no, the boss still hates me
I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore
And there's a restaurant, we should check out
Where the other nightmare people like to go
I mean nice people, baby wait
I didn't mean to say nightmare
Lad looks at other gals
Gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad
He isn't bad
Call off the wedding band
Nobody wants to hear that one again
Play that again
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To take the house he built for her apart
To make it break, it's gonna take
A metal ball hung from a chain
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
To pick the broken ruins up again
To mend her heart, to help him start
To see a world apart from pain
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
Hang on
Hang on tight
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
They might be rain, they might be heat
They might be frying up a stalk of wheat
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
They might be brain, they might be washed
They might be Dr. Spock's back-up band
{To make the merry-go-round go faster
So that everyone needs to hang on tighter
Just to keep from being thrown to the wolves}
Tabloid footprints in your hair
Tabloid footprints everywhere
We can't be silent 'cause they might be giants
And what are we going to do unless they are
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
They might be bald, they might be snow
They might be something else in the snow
Hang on tight
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
They might be fake, they might be lies
They might be big, big, fake, fake lies
Tabloid footprints in your hair
Tabloid footprints everywhere
We can't be silent, 'cause they might be giants
And what are we going to do unless they are
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
(Boy)
They might be giants
(Boy)
The morning
Alarm rings
I'm asleep but she's talking to me
She's walking 'round wearing all of my clothes
But we decided long ago
We'd build a time machine and go
How 'bout another, first kiss kiss kiss yeah
I want another first kiss
Other women were to sentimental
Always worrying about their hair
Got tired of wasting all my time
now I'm not worrying at all
How 'bout another, first kiss kiss kiss yeah
I want another first kiss kiss kiss yeah
I want another first kiss
The clock [rings],
she's waiting,
I could tell you we belong together
I could tell you you belong with me
But we've run out of things to say
And we'll be happy anyway, so
How 'bout another first kiss kiss kiss yeah
I want another first kiss kiss kiss yeah
Julie at the station says They'll be here any minute now
But she's running out of records and her show is ending anyhow.
They can hear her saying Their name on the car radio
But the signal keeps fading out no matter which way They go.
I heard They Might Be somewhere in this town
They Might Be Giants got lost driving around
John said to John, I think we make a left at the light
There should be a big crinkle, assuming this map is right
John looked over and said, Hey, no its not
It's a crumpled up wrapper from the fast food that we got
I heard They Might Be somewhere in this town
They Might Be Giants got lost driving around
Dan said to Hal, "I see somebody walking this way"
So They rolled down the window and said, "Hello. Hey excuse me, hey"
"Could you tell us where we are and the best way out of here"
They could tell from his expression he had absolutely no idea
I heard They Might Be somewhere near this town
They Might Be Giants got lost driving around
Driving around
Driving around
Zeroes
(Zeroes)
Zeroes mean so much
Zeroes
(Zeroes)
Zeroes mean so much
In numbers big
(One million)
To small
(One millionth)
And the number that means nothing at all
(The number zero)
Zeroes
(Zeroes)
Zeroes mean so much
Zeroes
(Zeroes)
Zeroes mean so much
In numbers big
(Ten, one hundred, one thousand)
And number small
(One tenth, one one-hundredth, one one-thousandth)
And the number that means nothing at all
(The number zero)
One definition of zero
Is the mathematical value
Between positive
And negative values
Zeroes
(Zeroes)
Zeroes mean so much
In numbers big
(One million)
To small
(One millionth)
And the number that means nothing at all
I know you deceived me, couldn't sleep last night
Now my tear stains on the wall reflect an ugly sight
I can see your secrets, no need to confess
Everyone looks naked when you know the world's address
The world's address, a place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
Life's parade of fashion, just leaves me depressed
Under every garment I can see the world's address
Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong
The world's address, a place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address
Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them Albert Einstein and Copernicus were wrong
The world's address, a place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address, a place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll say it for those who may not have already guessed
Erstwhile and estranged
I know I'm one in a long chain
I came to get my mini-bike returned
Same old bad times
I know they're one in a long line
I came to get my mini-bike returned
And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
From hard times spent with you
And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,
A gigantic nuclear furnace,
Where hydrogen is built into helium,
At a temperature of millions of degrees.
The sun is hot,
The sun is not,
A place where we could live,
But here on Earth there'd be no life,
Without the light it gives.
We need it's light,
We need it's heat,
The sunlight that we see,
The sunlight comes from our own suns,
Atomic energy.
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,
A gigantic nuclear furnace,
Where hydrogen is built into helium,
At a temperature of millions of degrees.
The sun is hot,
The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas,
Aluminum, copper, iron, and many others,
The sun is large,
If the sun were hollow a million earths would fit inside,
And yet,
It is only a middle sized star.
The sun is far away,
About 93 million miles away!
And thats why it looks so small,
But even when its out of sight,
The sun shines night and day.
We need it's light,
We need it's heat,
The sunlight that we see,
The sunlight comes from our own suns,
Atomic energy.
Scientists have found that the sun,
Is a huge atom smashing machine,
The heat and light of the sun are caused,
By the nuclear reactions between,
Hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon and helium.
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas,
A gigantic nuclear furnace,
Where hydrogen is built into helium,
At a temperature of millions of degrees.
The sun, ladies and gentlemen!
The statue got me high
The statue got me high
A monument of granite sent a beam into my eye
The statue made me die
The statue made me die
It took my hand it killed me and it threw me to the sky
The stone it called to me
(and now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(an animated mineral it can be heard)
And though I once preferred a human being's company
they pale before the monolith that towers over me
The statue got me high
The statue got me high
The truth is where the sculptor's chisel chipped away the lie
The statue made me fry
The statue made me fry
My coat contained a furnace where there used to be a guy
The stone it called to me
(and now I see the things the stone has shown to me)
A rock that spoke a word
(an animated mineral it can be heard)
And as the screaming fire engine siren filled the air
the evidence had vanished from my charred and smoking chair
and what they found was just a statue
standing where the statue got me high
And now it is your turn
(your turn to hear the stone and then your turn to burn)
The stone it calls to you
(you can't refuse to do the things it tells you to)
And as the screaming fire engine siren fills the air
the evidence will vanish from your charred and smoking chair
and what they found was just a statue
standing where the statue got me high
and what they'll find is just a statue
Sun's up, I hit the floor
Shoes tied, I'm out the door
Is this a clean shirt?
I think it was one yesterday
Free day, I'm on the phone
No plans, I got the cell on
I call my boys up
Spend a little time outside today
Never liked for you to hear where I gotta be
Never liked being told who I gotta see
I like no commitment growing up around me
I'm not coming in anymore
Everything I want and need is just outside this door
I'm not coming in anymore
I've got too many friends on the outside
That don't include you
Go ahead and think all you might
All my friends and I ain't on the inside
All kinds of facts and probabilities
You say we're meant for all the seasons
You scream with endless possiblities
Spend a lot of time trying to convince me
My friends are two strikes against me
Well I swing for the fences
So that must make strike three
That's fine by me
I'm not coming in anymore
Everything I want and need is just outside this door
I'm not coming in anymore
I've got too many friends on the outside
That don't include you
Nothing ever seems right
Like it does when I start
Playing it in right speed, kick in at the right spot
I like things familiar
And I don't belong here
Don't belong here
I'm not coming in anymore
Everything I want and need is just outside this door
I'm not coming in anymore
I've got too many friends on the outside
The plan's on the outside
It don't include you
Not coming in
Not coming in
Not getting back no more
Who's that playing
The guitar?
Is it Jim?
I don't know
Is it Jim?
I don't know
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion takes control
Hush my darling, be still my darling,
the lion's on the phone
Hush my darling, be still my darling,
the lion's on the phone
Turn it up
the guitar
I can't hear
the guitar
In the spaceship, the silver space ship, the lion waves good-bye
Do you think there's somebody out there
Someone else who's better than the one you've got?
Well there's not, there's not
When I talk you keep looking away from me
Because you probably think that I'm high on pot
But I'm not, I'm not
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
You say it's such a joke
But I don't see you laughing
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Unless you drive a boat
Well, I don't
I don't
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
Go ahead and mess with me
You'll find out what will happ'm
Sit beside me at the helm
Yeah, this is what I call the helm
And this button here is the fast-forward button
Did you say what I think you just said
My hat looks good on me?
I agree, I agree
Look me over I'm the Cap'm
You act like it's a joke, but I don't see you laughing
People seem to think you can't be called the Cap'm
Unless you drive a boat
Well, I don't
I don't
I don't
I don't
Yes, no, maybe
I don't know
Can you repeat the question?
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Life is unfair, so I just stare at the stain on the wall where
The TV'd been, but ever since we've moved in it's been empty
Why I, why I'm in this room
There is no point explaining
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Life is a test, and I confess
I like this mess I've made so far
Grade on a curve and you'll observe
I'm right below the horizon
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know
Can you repeat the question?
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big
Come on baby turn that frown upside down
Tell me why you ain't been around
What is it brings you down?
We worked the hardest to be the smartest
And the big big whoredom scared me
Come on baby I ain't convinced it ain't so bad as you paint it
There's plenty more heads of hair for us out there
We'll strike it rich, a monster switch
The bells are ringing
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round
They hear the instructions
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound
The bells are ringing
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
They hear the instructions (bringing the people 'round)
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound (they travel great distances to
the sound)
They are persuaded by the music of the bells
They're not responsible for anything they do
(No) The people know
(No) The way to go
The bells are ringing, they hear the sound
They hear the sound (they hear the sound)
They hear the sound (they hear the sound)
They hear the sound (they hear the sound)
They hear the sound
The bells are ringing
And everyone's walking
With arms extended in a trance
Forgetting their washing
Neglecting the children
They're dropping all businesses at hand
A voice is telling them to act a different way
They tilt their heads so they won't miss what it will say
(No) And when it's so
(No) There's this to know
The bells are ringing, they hear the sound
The bells are ringing
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round
They hear the instructions
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound
They are persuaded by the music of the bells
They're not responsible for anything they do
(No) The people know
(No) The way to go
The bells are ringing, they hear the sound
A girl with cotton in her ears
Is shielded from the bells' effect
As if by hidden signal
The people turn to face her
One thousand eyes are staring
They pull away her earplugs
The bells are pealing
And they're revealing
The simple key to happiness
It isn't evil
It isn't good
It's only what the people miss
The bells explain what they've been lacking all along
They were disorganized and that was what was wrong
(No) And now they know
(No) The way to go
The bells are ringing, they hear the sound
The bells are ringing
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
They hear the instructions (bringing the people 'round)
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
The bells are ringing (bringing the people 'round)
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
They hear the instructions (bringing the people 'round)
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
The bells are ringing (bringing the people 'round)
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round (the bells are ringing the song
they're singing
the sound is)
They hear the instructions (bringing the people 'round)
They follow directions
They travel great distances to the sound (they travel great distances to
Stormy pinkness, human weakness
Fills my jolly cup with gloom
Your progression, my digression
Forty days this afternoon
The things we cherish are small indeed
So much the larger the need
Stormy pinkess
I went for a walk on a stalk, on a stalk of wheat
And it felt like a trillion feet
I was looking for a friend at the end, at the end of the line
And it took me 'til the end of time
I was all out of luck like a duck, like a duck that died
I was all out of juice like a moose, like a moose denied
I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke
I was all out of work like a jerk who's a joke
And I was out of ideas, like I is, like I is
Like I is, like I is, I was out of ideas, of ideas
I once had a dream of a gleam, of a gleam in my eye
And I'll have it 'til the day I die
I had a thought bubble of trouble, of trouble and strife
And I'll have it for the rest of my life
I was all out of luck like a duck, like a duck that died
I was all out of juice like a moose, like a moose denied
I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke
I was all out of work like a jerk who's a joke
And I was out of ideas like I is, like I is
Like I is, like I is, I was out of ideas, of ideas
Down, down, down you go
No way to stop
As you fall, hear me call
No, no, no
Listen to this warning and
Consider these
Simple words of advice
Stop, stop, stop
Fogging the view, cupping face to the window
In darkness you make out a spiralling shape
Putting all reason aside you exchange
What you got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange
The spiralling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
And nobody knows what it's really like
But everyone says it's great
And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes
This could lead to excellence
Or serious injury
Only one way to know
Go, go, go
Go ahead, wreck your life
That might be good
Who can say what's wrong or right?
Nobody can
Put out your hands and you fall through the window
And clawing at nothing you drop through the void
Your terrified screams are inaudible drowned
In the spiral ahead and consumed in the shape
The spiralling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
And now that you've tried it, you're back to report
That the spiralling shape was a fraud and a fake
You didn't enjoy it, you never believed it
There won't be a refund, you'll never go back
The spiralling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
And nobody knows what it's really like
But everyone says it's great
And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes
(Spiral in their eyes)
Fogging the view, cupping face to the window
In darkness you make out a spiralling shape
Putting all reason aside you exchange
What you got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange
The spiralling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
Mr. Horrible
Mr. Horrible
Telephone call for Mr. Horrible
But before he can talk to the ugliness men
There's some horrible business left
For him to attend to
Something unpleasant has spilled on his brain
As he sponges it off they say:
"Is this Horrible?
Is this Horrible?
It's the ugliness men, Mr. Horrible
We're just trying to bug you
We thought our ddreadfulness
Might be a thing to annoy you with."
CHORUS
But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind,
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair."
"Would you mind if we balance
This glass of milk
Where your visiting friend
Accidentally was killed?
Would it be okay with you
If we wrote a reminder
of things we'll forget to do today otherwise
using a green magic marker, if it's alright
On the back of your head?
CHORUS
See them over there
See them moving down the road
Their arms held out ahead
And their eyes, their eyes are closed
Don't make any noise
Cry out loud or stamp your feet
You'll wake the girls and boys
Who are walking in their sleep
Every night they throw aside their blankets
Swing their feet down, stand up and move out to the street
Like they're under a spell and together
They roam across the country and they're walking in their sleep
You'll recognize them when you see
Their rumpled hair and stocking feet
It seems like they want something
But we don't know what it is
But here they come again
Yes, here they come again
Move aside and let the people go by
They don't see you thinking that they're home in their beds
They must not be disturbed when they're wandering
All across the country and they're walking in their sleep
Perhaps when they awake
They'll remember everything
They'll think it was a dream
It will be forgotten then
But don't make any noise
Cry out loud or stamp your feet
You'll wake the girls and boys
Words fail. Buildings tumble. The ground opens wide.
Light beams down from heaven.
She stands before my eyes.
She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me.
Squares may look distant in her rear view mirror
but they're actual size - as she drives away.
Big men often tremble as they step aside.
I thought I was big once. She changed my mind.
She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me.
I've never known anybody like her.
She's actual size, nationwide, believe.
She's got all the money money couldn't buy.
She's got something special that someone left behind.
She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me.
Squares may look distant in her rear view mirror
but they're actual size - actual size to her.
Her face hangs in portrait on the post office wall.
She's stuck in my heart now, where my blood belongs.
She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me.
I've never known anybody like her.
Pistol shots
Gun shots
Pistol shots
gun shots
Bullets from a revolver
Bullets from a gun
Bullets through the atmosphere
here they come
John I've been bad and they're
Coming after me
Done someone wrong and I fear
That it was me
Sapphire bullets
Bullets of pure love
Each night I lie awake completely alone
A voice is speaking and I tremble
For it's not my own, my own
I can't ignore it, although I try
The intrusive whisper fascinates me
Here's why, here's why
The shadows gather 'round as the voice recites
The secret history of my immortal soul
Indestructible, indefensible, reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts
The record of my unspeakable crimes
In previous lives, in previous times
Indelibly stains, the pages of history
Indestructible, indefensible, reprehensible
Night after night the voice recites my misdeeds
And puts me to sleep
And tells me I won't remember a thing
When morning comes at last, I rub my eyes
Forgetting everything and thinking
Only of my plans, my plans
The world is spinning 'round and I'm on the top
And nothing in the world can ever make me stop
Indestructible, indefensible, reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts and only I know
Who's responsible
As you body floats down Third Street
With the burn-smell factory closing up
Yes it's sad to say you will romanticize
All the things you've known before
It was not so great
And as you take a bath in that beaten path
there's a pounding at the door
It's a mighty zombie talking of some love and posterity
He says "The good old days never say good-bye
if you keep this in your mind:
You need some loving arms"
And as you fall from grace the only words you say are
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Ads up in the subway are the work of someone
Trying to please their boss
And though the guy's a pig we all know what he wants
Is just to please somebody else
If the puppet head was only busted in
It would be a better thing for everyone involved
and we wouldn't have to cry
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Quit my job down at the carwash
Didn't have to write no-one a good-bye note
That reads: "That check's in the mail, and
I'll see you in church, and don't you ever change"
If the puppet head was only busted in
I'll see you after school
I remember the year I went to camp
Heard about some lady named Selma and some Blacks
Somebody put their fingers in the President's ears
It wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's wax
I remember the book depository, where they crowned the King of Cuba
Now that's all I can think of but I'm sure there's somethin' else
Way down inside me I can feel it comin' back
Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down
(Purple toupee when summer brings you down)
Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around
(Purple toupee and gold lame)
Chinese people were fightin' in the park
We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that
Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms
Ten years later they were sharin' the same cell
I shouted out free the expo sixty seven
Till they stepped on my hair, and they told me I was fat
Now I'm very big, I'm a big important man
And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat
Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down
(Purple toupee when summer brings you down)
Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around
(Purple toupee and gold lame)
Purple toupee is here to stay after the hair has gone away
The purple brigade is marching from the grave
La la, la la, la la
La la, la la, la la
La la, la la, la la
La la, la la, la la
La la la la la la la la
(La la, la la, la la, la la)
La la la la la la la la
(La la, la la, la la, la la)
La la la
(La la, la la, la la, la la)
We're on some kind of mission
(La la, la la, la la, la la)
We have an obligation
(La la, la la, la la, la la)
We have to wear toupees
Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?
Read my mind, yes, I'm planning prevenge
At the freak show, in the front row, mi amigo
Lost in the sound
Now you know that the girls are just making it up,
Now you know that the boys are just pushing their luck
Now you know that my ride doesn't really exist
And my name's not really on that list
Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?
Read my mind, yes, I'm planning prevenge
Fully moto, on the headfo, rock the info
The micro-type king
Calling Mr. Pupkin
To join us at the Love Inn
Because Pupkin comes alive
When prevenge is the plan
See Pupkin take the stand
Tired of waiting, tired of watching
Negotiating, parading around
Now you know that the girls are just making it up
Now you know that the boys are just pushing their luck
Now you know that my ride doesn't really exist
And my name's not really on that list
Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?
Read my mind, yes, I'm planning prevenge
At the freak show, in the front row, mi amigo
Lost in the sound
Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?
Read my mind, yes, I'm planning prevenge
Can you tell that I'm planning prevenge?
In a world of simians I'm waiting for my thumbs
On the Planet of the Apes this song is sung
We're waiting for our thumbs
We're waiting for our thumbs
In the world of simians we're waiting for our thumbs
One Two Three Four
Pictures of pandas painting
Pictures of pandas painting
Pictures of pandas painting
Pictures of pandas painting, penguins
Penguins proudly parading past
Penguins proudly parading past
Penguins proudly parading past
Skateboards, skateboards
Skateboards, skateboards
Hippos are from helicopters
Hippos are from helicopters
Hippos are from helicopters high
Pictures of pandas painting
Pictures of pandas painting
Pictures of pandas painting
The possible dream
Finale of seem
The moment that some call eternal
That some call insane
Now helmets on each head
Awaiting the first lead
The pageant is named, the pencil rain
The infantry stands
And holds out it's hands
The Marshal's binoculars focus
And skyward they train
They're searching the yonder blue
They look out for number two
The Heraldry of, the pencil rain
And now hear the roar
That none can ignore
The thunderous clatter of splintering wood
And lives that are claimed
And none who have witnessed all
Can speak of a nobler cause
Than perishing in, the pencil rain
The pencil rain
The pencil rain
I'll take back my pinata it's wasted on you
Just spinning that pool cue all over the room
And give back the blindfold that's under your shoe
Let's drink, drink this town is so great
Drink, drink 'cause it's never too late
To drink, drink to no big surprise
But what words rhyme with "buried alive"?
What words rhyme with "buried alive"?
You could be a float for the 4th of July
Based on your theme of wallflowers grown wild
Look through your peephole, you've won every prize
Let's drink, drink this town is so great
Drink, drink 'cause it's never too late
To drink, drink to no big surprise
But what words rhyme with "buried alive"?
What words rhyme with "buried alive"?
In your monkey suit on a cigarette break
The lunchtime crowd, they won't even blink
But you'd be sad if they did but you'll be sad
Let's drink, drink this town is so great
Drink, drink 'cause it's never too late
To drink, drink to no big surprise
But what words rhyme with "buried alive"?
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Eensy beensy, crumbleeny
Ooh la! Ooh la! Gumbleeny
Inspiration, education
Here comes the 1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 elevators
Going too slow, I'll see you later
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Double Dutch
Jump is on numbers 48
Double Dutch jumpers
We don't want to roller skate
Do the Double Dutch
Do the Double Dutch
Thank you very much
Do the Double, Double Dutch
We wash, we soap
And then we skip some rope
We flip and dive
And then we count to five
We do the Double Dutch
Do the Double Dutch
Thank you very much
Do the Double, Double Dutch
Eensy beensy, crumbleeny
Ooh la! Ooh la! Gumbleeny
Inspiration, education
Here comes the 1, 2, 3
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 motor scooters
Going too fast on my computer
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Skip skadoodle
Skip, skip skadoodle
Stick out your tongue
And wiggle like a noodle
Strut your stuff
And you don't stop
Hike up your pants
And do the coco pop
Skip skadaddle
Skip, skip skadaddle
Laugh so loud
That the dishes rattle
Music takes your mind
Into a trance
Hike up your pants
And do the double dance
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Ooh la! Ooh la!
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
Ooh la! Ooh la!
It's the Double Dutch
My evil twin, bad weather friend
He always wants to start when I want to begin
It scares me so, like I scare myself
with that book of Nostradamus up upon my shelf
Playing hangman 'til the morning light
Doing donuts on the neighbors lawn
Then sleep all through the day, get up and start again
I can hear some sirens somewhere but I don't know why
My evil twin runs home again
Search lights look for an alibi, but I'll be home by then
Here he comes again, my evil twin
My friends have seen him hiding underneath my skin
Who cut the arm off the voodoo doll
That resembles a Republican president from long ago
I'd hate to see you leave
'cause I have grown so grateful for the
blame you save me from
I know he looks like my
Hates work like me
and walks like me
He's even got a twin like me
My evil twin, bad weather friend
I know some day I'll meet him
While they were staring at the Citgo sign
Is when they lost our trail
They thought we were part of a caravan
But we had other plans
You can't catch me, where I'm gunna fall
You can't catch me, where I'll hide
This world's too cold,
So I'm gunna roam,
I'm moving to the sun
93 miles times a million more
Quite a trip we've planned
I must drive now carefully
And figure where we'll land
You can't catch me, where i'm gunna fall
You can't catch me, where i'll hide
This world's too cold,
So I'm gunna roam
Meet James Ensor, Belgium's famous painter
Dig him up and shake his hand
Appreciate the man
Before there were junk stores, before there was junk
He lived with his mother and the torments of Christ
The world has transforemed
A crowd gathered round
Pressed against his diwndow so they could be the first to meet James Ensor
Belgium's famous painter
Raise a glass and sit and stare
Understand the man
He lost all his friends
He didn't need his friends
He lived with his mother and repeated himself
The world has forgotten
The world moved along
The crowd at his window went back to their homes
They fixed up the corner store like it was a night club
It's permanently disco
Everyone is dressed so oddly I can't recognize them
I can't tell the staff from the customers
Baby check this out, I've got something to say
Man, it's so loud in here
When they stop the drum machine and I can think again
I'll remember what it was
You have to carry all your things
You can't misplace them
There's nowhere to place anything
Baby check this out, I've got someting to say
Man, it's so loud in here
When they stop the drum machine and I can think again
I'll remember what it was
They're all shouting something at us, waving and pointing
They revamped the airport completely now it looks just like a night club
Everyone's excited and confused
Baby check this out, I've got someting to say
Man, it's so loud in here
When they start the love machine and I can love again
I'll remember what it was
Baby check this out, I've got someting to say
Man, it's so loud in here
Man, it's so loud in here
Man, it's so loud in here
Glass of milk
Standing in between extinction in the cold
and explosive radiating growth.
So the warm blood flows
Through the large four-chambered heart,
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have.
Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog
One of us might lose his hair
But you're reminded that it once was there
From the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail.
So the warm blood flows
with the red blood cells, lacking nuclei
Through the large four-chambered heart
Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have
Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog
Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial
Their cousin called Monotreme
Dead uncle Allotheria
Mammal, mammal
Their names are called
They raise a paw
The bat, the cat
Dolphin and dog
Koala bear and hog
The fox, the ox
Giraffe and shrew
Have you ever seen a bloody head?
Glass in hand, lying up in bed
That's the time to sing this cowardly lullaby
And you ought to know why
Lullaby to nightmares, whispered low
In the night where batwings flow
That's where all the fright mares go
When the elephants die, wouldn't you like to try?
Have you ever heard the blackbird's song?
Summer days, all summer long
Underneath a shady tree a shadow sitting next to me
And we stare at the sun
Lullaby to nightmares, whispered low
In the night where batwings flow
That's where all the fright mares go
I lost my lucky ball and chain
And now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me
And all my rattling on
She threw away her baby-doll
I held on to my pride
But I was younng and foolish then
I feel old and foolish now
Confidentially
She never called me baby-doll
Confidentially
I never had much pride
But now I rock a bar stool
and I drink for two
Just pondering this time bomb in my mind
CHORUS
She walked away from a happy man
I thought I was so cool
I just stood there whistling
"There goes the bride"
As she walked out the door
I could shake my tiny fist
And swear I wasn't wrong
But what's the sense in arguing
When you're all alone?
Sure as you can't steer a train
You can't change your fate
When she told me of that day
I knew I'd lost my home
Confidentially
I never told you of her charms
Confidentially
We never had a home
But this railroad apartment
Was the perfect place
When she'd sit and hold me in her arms
I lost my lucky ball and chain
And now she's four years gone
Just five feet tall and sick of me
And all my rattling on
CHORUS
I'll never know what you'll find when you
Open up your letter box tomorrow
'Cause a little bird never tells me anything
I want to know, she's my best friend
She's a sparrow
CHORUS
And I'll never know what you never never
Want to know when you know
What you are-o
If I had a pair of eyes in the back of my hed
For each time you forgot to take out
All the things you forgot to talk about
When you took a bite out of my spine
I would have a lot of eyes on me by this time
Wouldn't I? Wouldn't that just be fine
CHORUS
I'd burn all the uniforms
I'd burn all the "Ask Me" buttons
I'd burn all the intercoms
I'd burn all the time clock cards
I'd steal somebody's Cadillac
I'd steal anything I lack
I'd steal all the microphones
from all the masters of ceremony
I'd ask you, if you don't mind,
Never thought I'd fall
But now I hear the call
I'm getting sentimental over you
Things you say and do
Just thrill me through and through
I'm getting sentimental over you
Once I wondered why
I'd sit at home and sigh
I'm getting sentimental over you
Words cannot describe
This poetry inside
I'm getting sentimental over you
I thought I was happy, I could live with myself
Now I see that love is all that I'm thinking of
Won't you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you'll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
'Cause I'm getting sentimental over you
I thought I was happy, I could live with myself
Now I see that love is all that I'm thinking of
Won't you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you'll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
Someday mother will die and I'll get the money
Mom leans down and says, "my sentiments exactly,
you son of a bitch"
I palindrome I
and I am a snake head eating
the head on the opposite side
I palindrome I
see that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline
see the medical chart with the random zig-zag
now I'll help it decide
I palindrome I
"Son I am able," she said "though you scare me."
"Watch," said I
"beloved," I said "watch me scare you though." said she,
"able am I, Son."
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding
See the hands of my offspring making windmills
Dad palindrome Dad
I've got my house surrounded
I know I'm in there
Come out with both my hands up
And don't make me come in and get me
Don't make me come in and get me
I can't hide from my mind
Though I try, try, try
I can't hide from my mind
And you know why
Running against the traffic
To find where I lost you
I'm catching up to the echos
And I hear your voice from the buildings
I hear your voice from the buildings
I can't hide from my mind
Though I try, try, try
I can't hide from my mind
And you know why
The bars are in my eyes
And kisses make you cry
Smiles turned out misleading
And memory's a lie
I've got my house surrounded
I know I'm in there
Come out with both my hands up
And don't make me come in and get me
Don't make me come in and get me
"I Can Hear You"
By They Might Be Giants
Made at the Edison Laboratory
I can hear you
Just barely hear you
I can just barely hear you
This is a warning,
Step away from the car
This car is protected by Viper
Guess where I am
I'm calling from the plane
I'll call you when I get there
You won't hear a buzz
But I'm buzzing you in
I'm buzzing you in
What's your order?
I can super-size that
Please bring your car around
I can hear you
Just barely hear you
Ten miles from nowhere
There's a story that's true
About a fine girl and a boy just like you
They fell so deeply
But then fell apart
Now they say the same words of what used to be
What used to be:
"I blame you"
"I blame you"
"I blame you"
He drops his car keys
And crawls on the ground
Finds her old haircomb
She'd wear into town
Can't bear to keep it, or throw it away
Gets back down on his kness
Put it back where it lay
Back where it lay
"I blame you"
"I blame you"
The known, the unknown, and the under-known
Look at what she found
Digging all around
By the goldfish pond
She's gonna get in trouble now
Shaking up the bees, swinging from that tree
Doesn't understand
She's in trouble now
It's a new year
Careful what you pack
There's no going back
She's lost from the beginning
She's the new girl
Birds are calling to sing along
But my window's painted shut
And all that year of chorus taught me
Is out of style and long forgot
How can I sing like a girl
And not be stigmatized by the rest of the world?
Tell me how can I sing like a girl
And not be objectified as if I were a girl?
I want to raise my freak flag higher and higher
I want to raise my freak flag and never be alone
Never be alone
From the watchtowers I've been spotted
Fingers pointing at my mouth
Spotlights turn and pivot towards me
But I dare not make a sound
How can I sing like a girl
And not be stigmatized by the rest of the world?
Tell me how can I sing like a girl
And not be objectified as if I were a girl?
I want to raise my freak flag higher and higher
And I want to raise my freak flag and never be alone
Never be alone
How can I sing like a girl
And not be stigmatized by the rest of the world?
Tell me how can I sing like a girl
And not be objectified as if I were a girl?
How can I sing like a girl
How can I sing like a girl
How can I sing like a girl
Hey, hovering sombrero
Gently waving in the air above the meadow
Softly floating in the sky outside the window
Hovering sombrero, don't be shy
Don't, don't be shy
Don't, don't be shy
When you take yourself for granted
Feel rejected and unwanted
Know you're never just a hat you know
One, two, three, four
Alright, ooh
She's got her ear to the walls
And she's tappin' the calls
If you've got a secret boy
Forget about it 'cause she's a
Hotel detective
My little hotel detective
Yeah, she's a hotel detective
Why don't you check her out?
Ooh, well, the bellhop is funky
The dumbwaiter's a monkey
If there's a knock at the door
Boy, forget about it 'cause she's a
Hotel detective
My little hotel detective
Yeah, hotel detective
Come on and check her out
She says she likes my face
She says she owns the place
Forget about it 'cause she's a
Hotel detective
My little hotel detective
Come on, her hotel detective
Why don't you check her out?
Hotel detective
Come on and swing with me
Hotel detective
From the top of a tree
Hotel detective
And make me feel like a bee
Hotel detective
CHORUS
Hot Cha, where are you?
Everybody's eyes are closed
I can't see why I miss you so
So Hot Cha, where are you?
First time Hot Cha went away
A floating island was his home
then the phone rang off the hook
And Hot Cha had to run back home
CHORUS
Second time he went away
Left the bathtub running over
Stereo on and cooking bacon
Never came back to tell us why
CHORUS
If that honey would come back
We would throw such a party
Drink and cook the prodigal son
Fondue forks for everybody
CHORUS
Sometimes I feel like being wispy
And once in a while I feel like being dry
But we're doomed and we're drowned by this feeling we surround
So I hope that I get old before I die
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon I hope
And I wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt
And I hope that I get old before I die
Clear off the kitchen table darling
For on the kitchen table I must lie
I'm just tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
Four, three, two, one, go
We all like to play in the band, uh huh
We all like to play in the band, uh huh
But the drummer is the heart of the band
The drummer is the soul of the band
The drummer is the core of the band, uh huh
Even when we're playing
If the drums aren't playing
It's just like the song is standing still
Even when we're playing
If the drums aren't playing
It's just like the song is standing still
Four, three, two, one, go
Yes, we have guitar in the band
Yes, we have the bass in the band
But the drummer is the heart of the band
The drummer is the soul of the band
The drummer is the core of the band, uh huh
Even when we're playing
If the drums aren't playing
It's just like the song is standing still
Even when we're playing
If the drums aren't playing
It's just like the song is standing still
Some notes on how to pronounce certain things:
i, ei, y = pronounced like ee or ea, e.g., feel, read, etc.
ou= pronounced like oo, e.g., fool
Mono dyo tragoudia eho kai trito molis vgei
De ksero pou vrika to ptoma mia kai tote itan ekei
Tora periplanomai ston tafo tis mousikis
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei
Enas plousios mou eipe fere kota kai zoumi
Ftohopaido mou eipe pos de mporei na pei
Kai tora perimeno san kota to Theo epi ti ghi
Mono dyo tragoudia eho kai trito molis vgei
De ksero pou vrika to ptoma mia kai tote itan ekei
Tora periplanomai ston tafo tis mousikis
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei
Piga sto Lefko Iko kai rotao ton pyravlo
An pote den eixe complex i kati san afto
Ma arxise na paramilaei sa na itan stin TV
"Den exo mono dyo tragoudia
Apo mena thelis ti?"
Kainouri' agorasa stena blue jeans
Kai ena baglama
Kai eipa stis kyries na mou ferthoun evgenika
Gia na min exo typseis pos den pao makria
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei
Here's a direct retranslation of Greek#3 from Greek back to English. Some people thought it'd be fun to read. The English of course is not correct, but I translated it literally. In Greek too, some things sound weird. Like, the expression with the 'chicken and juice'. Never heard it before!
I just have two songs and a third one when it comes out*
I don't know where I found the body** since then it was there
Now I'm wandering around music's grave
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out
A rich guy told me "bring a chicken and juice" (!)
A poor guy told me that he can't tell
And now I'm waiting like a chicken for God on earth
I just have two songs and a third one when it comes out
I don't know where I found the body since it was there then
Now I'm wandering around music's grave
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out
I went to the White House and asked the rocket (!)
If he ever had a complex or something of the sort
but he started babbling like he as on TV
"I don't have just two songs
What do you want from me?"
I bought some new, tight bluejeans
and a 'baglama'***
And I told the ladies to be nice to me
So that I won't feel guilty for not going far
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out
* literally 'as soon as' but it would be too long
** literally 'dead body', cadaver
Everything's catching on fire
Yes, everything's catching on fire
Fingertips
Fingertips
I hear the wind blow
I hear the wind blow
It seems to say: "Hello, Hello,
I'm the one who loves you so."
Hey now everybody now
Hey now everybody
Hey now every body now
Who's that standing out my window?
I found a new friend
underneath my pillow
Come on and wreck my car (repeat)
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye? (repeat)
Please pass the milk, Please (repeat)
Leave me alone, leave me alone
Who's knocking on the wall?
All alone all alone
all by myself
What's that blue thing doing here?
Something grabbed ahold of my hand
I didn't know what had my hand
but that's when all my troubles began
I cannot understand you
I don't understand you
I don't understand the things you say
I can't understand a single word
I don't understand you
I just don't understand you
I cannot understand you
I don't understand you
I heard a sound, I turned around
I turned around to find the thing
that made the sound
Mysterious whisper (repeat)
The day that love came to play
I'm having a heart attack
I'm having a heart attack (repeat)
Fingertips
Fingertips
I walk along darkened corridors
Round, can you go around?
And if you can turn around without falling down
You can skate in a figure eight
If you can turn, if you can go straight
Turn left, go straight, turn right, straight again
And then do it over, repeat forever
That's all you need to know
That's the way you skate in a figure eight
If you can grab a circle in your hands
And twist it, that's an eight
If it weren't for the Zamboni
You would never leave the ice
And I think I know the reason why
You never take a break
The sign that means forever
Is a sideways number eight
Turn left, go straight, turn right, straight again
And then do it over, repeat forever
That's all you need to know
That's the way you skate in a figure eight
And if you twist the number zero
You will get the number eight
Turn left, go straight, turn right, straight again
And then do it over, repeat forever
That's all you need to know
That's the way you skate in a figure eight
If you can grab a circle in your hands
And twist it, that's an eight
(If you can grab a circle in your hands)
(And twist it, that's an eight)
Twist the number zero
You never write, you never call
And now you wander in the hall
You look familiar
I barely know your face at all
We never get together at all
Until the last day of Hanukkah
I got you a harmonica
And a bag of chocolate coins
The only thing we have is fights
But there's got to be a change tonight
Please be nice on this feast of lights
We never get together at all
Until the last day of Hanukkah
I got you a harmonica
And a bag of chocolate coins
The only thing we have is fights
But there's got to be a change tonight
Please be nice on this feast of lights
Please be nice on this feast of lights
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
F is for fake-believe
F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe
We're wearing fake fur and riding on alpacas
On the wild frontier, wearing wax mustaches
Pretending we're cowhands, yodeling like cowhands too
Yodel-ay-he-hoo
F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe
Now look at my crown, I'm acting mighty bossy
I'm king of this town and my kick gets extra frosty
From this moment on, please call me Lord Fauntleroy
That's Little Lord Fauntleroy, please
F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
Fake-believe, fake-believe, fake-believe
Exquisite dead guy
Rotating in his display case
Exquisite dead guy
Swear I saw his mouth move
Exquisite dead guy
Outside my high rise apartment
Exquisite dead guy
Hanging from a skyhook
How'm I s'posed to let you
Know the way I feel
About you
How'm I s'posed to let you
Know the way I feel
The color of infinity
inside an empty glass
I'm squinting my eye and turning
off and on
and on and off the light
It's for this experimental film
which nobody knows about and which
I'm still figuring out
what's going to go
in my experimental film
Yeah- You're all gonna be in this
experimental film
and even though I can't explain it
I already know how great it's
I already know the ending
it's the part
that makes
your face implode
I don't know what makes
your face implode
but that's the way
the movie ends
And in my experimental film
which nobody knows about but which
I'm still figuring out
your face implodes
with my experimental film
Yeah- You're all gonna be in this
experimental film
and even though I can't explain it
I already know how great it's
even though I can't explain it
I already know how great it's
The color of infinity
inside an empty glass
It's for this experimental film
which nobody knows about and which
I'm still figuring out
what's going to go
in my experimental film
Yeah- You're all gonna be in this
experimental film
and even though I can't explain it
I already know how great it's
Yeah- You're all gonna be in this
experimental film
and even though I can't explain it
I already know how great it's
even though I can't explain it
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Well we gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
'Cause all our friends are on different planet
Yes all my friends are on a different planet now
Gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
Gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes
I've got a starship that will take you to the planet where Mick Jagger lives
We've gotta escape to the planet of the Apes
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
When you are alone
You are the cat, you are the phone you are an animal
The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
No one in the world ever gets what they want
And that is beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad
And that is beautiful
They want what they're not
And I wish they would stop saying
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture?
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
I don't want to live in this world anymore
I don't want to live in this world
Don't don't don't let's start, this is the worst part
Could believe for all the world that you're my precious little girl
But don't don't don't let's start, I've got a weak heart
(They Might Be Giants)
They call me Doctor Worm
Good morning, how are you? I'm Doctor Worm
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor but I
Am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
I like to play the drums
I think I'm getting good but I can handle criticism
I'll show you what I know and you can
Tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums
I'll leave the front unlocked 'cause I can't
Hear the doorbell
When I get into it
I can't tell if you are
Watching me twirling the stick
When I give the signal, my friend
Rab Bible will play the solo
Someday somebody else besides me will
Call me by my stage name, they will
Call me Doctor Worm
Good morning, how are you? I'm Doctor Worm
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor but I
Am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
And I like to play the drums
I think I'm getting good but I can handle criticism
I'll show you what I know and you can
Tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums
Don't bother to call this room
There's nobody here who can pick up
Or has stuff they need to talk about
And who won't be now checking out and flying
By rocket to the moon, by airplane to the rocket
By taxi to the airport, by front door to the taxi
By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs
Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse
But you see there's nothing wrong with me
You think, "That's what you think"
"That's what they all say", before I blow you away
By rocket to the moon, by airplane to the rocket
By taxi to the airport, by front door to the taxi
By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs
Soon the man who sweeps the room
Brings the secret telegram
"Commence official interplanetary exploration"
Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse
But you see there's nothing wrong with me
You think, "That's what you think"
"That's what they all say", before I blow you away
By rocket to the moon, by airplane to the rocket
By taxi to the airport, by front door to the taxi
By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs
By rocket to the moon, crawl to the rocket
By coughing at the airport, by limping to the taxi
Istanbul was Constantinople,
Now its Istanbul not Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Now its your delight on a moonlit night.
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul not Constantinople
So if you visit Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul.
Even old New York,
Was once New Amsterdam,
Why they changed it i can't say,
People just liked i better that way.
So take me back to Constantinople,
No you can't go back to Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Thats nobodys business but the Turks.
WHOA!
Istanbul, Istanbul!
Even old New York,
Was once New Amsterdam,
Why they changed it i can't say,
People just liked i better that way.
So take me back to Constantinople,
No you can't go back to Constantinople,
Been a long time gone from Constantinople,
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Thats nobodys business but the Tuuurks!
ISTANBULLLLLLL!!!!!!!
Conquest, it's a type of quest
They called it a conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Conquest, they played it at request
It was another type of quest
For the Planet of the Apes
Conquest!
Request!
We're gonna have an inquest
but this is a type of quest
For the planet of the Apes
Every Christmas card I write
Every Christmas card I write
Has been stolen, has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Has been stolen, has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write has been stolen
Stolen, has been stolen
Every Christmas card I write
On the little desk in the corner of my room
I find stolen the next day
I find stolen the next day
All of the Christmas cards I write
Become stolen the next day from my room
In my little desk in the corner of my room
Every Christmas card I write
Is stolen, is stolen
Every Christmas card I write
Been stolen
From the little desk in the corner of my room
It's been stolen
Every day, every Christmas card I write
Has been stolen from my desk
I don't know why
It's been stolen, it's been stolen
Stolen, stolen
Stolen, stolen
Can you find the hidden 'H' where it's hiding?
Is it on the ground,
or in the sky,
or part of something here?
Does it fit somewhere inside?
Is there somewhere it can hide?
Can you find it? (3x)
There it is!
Where's the secret 'R'?
Can you see it?
Is it in the train,
or on the tracks,
or at the station house?
Is the 'R' inside the tree?
Where oh where can it be?
Can you find it? (3x)
There it is!
Where is the 'L'?
Is it under the chair?
Is it growing in the hair?
Where could it be?
We have looked everywhere,
and I'm sorry to say,
that it's part of the 'H' which isn't fair.
W: Now where are you hiding 'D'?
D: Ah, you're never gonna find me!
But my question to you is, 'W', where are you hiding?
W: I have no idea. I've been looking everywhere.
Where is the 'M'?
Is it invisible?
Or is that against the rules?
Where can it be?
Well it's right in front of you,
and I'll give you a clue,
it's an upside down 'W'!
There are letters everywhere in this picture.
There's a 'B', an 'F', a 'Z', an 'X', a 'P', an 'O', a 'Y'.
There's a sideways letter 'Q',
the afore mentioned 'W'.
Can you find them? (8x)
Somebody's reading your mind
Damned if you know who it is
they're digging through all of your files
Stealing back your best ideas
You cover your windows with lead
Even keeping the pets outside
Then you hear a moment too late this sound coming over the phone
"This is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don't wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames
this is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don7t wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames"
I was laying on the porch
As the bus drove by
Just talking to the dog
About thinking to myself
There are so many big ideas
We could talk about
But nothing that gets said
Gets us out of Cabbagetown
Oh, Cabbagetown
Oh, Cabbagetown
I will leave and I'll return
Oh, Cabbagetown
I talked to my old grandad
As he fell into the sea
He said "Time and tide are one thing
That no one understands
I talked to my uncle Jack
As he tried to talk to me
With a bottle in one hand
And another in the other
Oh, Cabbagetown
Oh, Cabbagetown
I will leave and I'll return
Oh, Cabbagetown
SONG: Siftin'
Siftin'...Siftin'...Siftin'...Siftin'
Birds fly into my windshield
Thoughts fall from my thoughts
This good luck charm hanging off my arm
Was left here by the police
Words fall out of my pockets
And cats dance under my feet
This colorful spell under which I live
Protects me from all I write
And the microscope reveals the scope
Of my very best intentions
Yes, the tiny light shines twice as bright
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am........
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message so
I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
The room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary one note spelled "l-i-t-e"
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette: it doesn't rest
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am........
There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Who stood on rocky shores,
and kept the beaches shipwreck free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off
and countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels nests: always near
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
(and while you're at it
Keep the nightlight on inside the
Birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch (and while you're at it)
Who watches over you (keep the nightlight on inside the)
Make a little birdhouse in your soul (birdhouse in your soul)
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
All my friends are beneath the Planet of the Apes
All my friends are
All my friends are
All my friends are beneath the Planet of the Apes
And when I get there
I'll find my friends there
Deep inside the ground
Underneath the town
Where the apes live
Where the apes live
You can't walk around
Because it is in town
All my friends are
All my friends are
Beneath the Planet
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Become a robot
(Clang, clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Become a robot
(Clang, clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late
Let's stick together 'cause we're number 8
Let's stick to numbers 'cause we're great
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Become a robot
(Clang, clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late
Wait
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Harbor a death wish
(Help, help)
Help, help, help yourself
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Harbor a death wish
(Help, help)
Help, help, help yourself
Hip, hip, horrific are the words we sing
Hip, hip, horrific is our thing
Here's hoping you don't
(Hoping you don't)
Become a robot
(Help, help)
Help, help, help, help
Crowd chants "people people people", and "ape ape ape" at the commands of the
Bangs
Above your eyes your hair hangs
Blow my mind your royal flyness
I dig your bangs
Bangs
To drape across your forehead
To swing concordant angles
As you incline your head
Once with a girl I fell in love
Sometime ago now she had
Bangs
Are that on which the world hangs
I?m only holding your hand
So I can look at your bangs
Bangs
Are like a pocket T-shirt
As casual as that while
Fully intentional
And in case you think
I?m here 'cause I like making chit chat
Just remember what I said
The money?s under your hat
Bangs
Are that on which the world hangs
I?m only holding your hand
So I can look at your bangs
Bangs
Above your eyes your hair hangs
Blow my mind your royal flyness
I dig your bangs
Bangs
To drape across your forehead
To swing concordant angles
As you incline your head
And although I liked you anyway
Check out your haircut
A proscenium to stage a face
That needs no makeup
Bangs
Are that on which the world hangs
I?m only holding your hand
So I can look at your bangs
I?m only holding your hand
David Bowie came to town
Flying overhead
"Don't you dig my chops", he cried
This is what they said
Au contraire, Dave
Quite the opposite, in fact
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, mon frère
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Knew not what to do
"This tie clashes with my hat", he cried
Don't you think that's true?
Au contraire, Delano
Hate to rain on your parade
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, mon frère
Jodie Foster held two pair
Bach had three of a kind
Gandhi said, "With my full house
I will blow your mind"
Au contraire, Mahatma
Hate to contradict you but
As it happens, au contraire
Au contraire, yes, au contraire
And au contraire, you square
Wash that notion from your hair
If you're still there, I must declare
Au contraire, mon très, bon frère
Right on, right on, right on
Right on, right on, right on
Right on, right on, right on
There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
That ant crawls in your head in the nighttime
That ant crawled in your head in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
Someday, that ant, he will grow up to be President
Someday, that ant, he will grow up to be President
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
The President calls your name in the nighttime
The President calls your name in the nighttime
But you think that's okay while you're sleeping
The men ransack your house in the nighttime
The men ransack your house in the nighttime
Am I awake?
What time is it?
When I get through this day,
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now?
Am I awake?
The coffee's cold,
Did I forget to drink it yet?
Did I forget?
My clothes are wet
I dont remember drinking it
When I get throught this part,
Will the next one be the same?
Will i be wondering if I'm awake?
These are the not the clothes
I had on when I went to bed
And something else besides my hand is grooving from my head
And when I close my eyes it looks the same
As when I opened them again.
Am I awake?
What time is it?
Is it that time again?
Wasnt it already then
So does it has to be that time it was again
When I get through this day,
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now?
Am I awake?
Am I awake?(echo)
When I get thru this day,
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now?
Am I awake?
When I get thru this day,
Can someone tell me how
And how much longer now?
I was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea
I crawled to school each morning when it occurred to me
That life's just a mood ring, we're not allowed to see
And this is what it said to me
My room is comfortably small with rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when I'm alone and he calls when I'm not home
And he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane
Now listen all you swingers, don't you try to tag along
I know monkey sea but monkey's dead, for you it would be wrong
Put a dime in my jukebox, you'll only hear this song
And it won't be fun for long
Because my room is comfortably small with rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when I'm alone and he calls when I'm not home
And he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane
Thank you, thank you
My room is comfortably small with rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when I'm alone and he calls when I'm not home
And he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain
You might be thinking that you're free
You might be sailing 'cross the sea
You might be staring at the stars,
But you'll be thinking
About me.
I'm sitting on the curb
By the empty parking lot
Of the store where they let me play the organ
I'm waiting for my ride
But I want to wait inside
Of the store where they let me play the organ
But I'm thinking of a wooden chair
In a room at the top of the stair
And I'm looking down the stairwell
At the vanishing dot
On the map of the spot
let me take you there
The dotted line
Surrounding the mind
Of a self called nowhere
It's a thing named "it"
in a bottomless pit
You can't see it there
The sunken head
That lies in the bed
Of a self called nowhere
Standing in my yard
Where they tore down the garage
To make room for the torn down garage
I'm looking for my car
But I must've sold my car
When I needed to buy an electric organ
Underneath a big clock
At the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street
I stood and waited for a girl I knew
At the spot where we agreed to meet
It was four minutes of two
At four of two, I stood waiting for the girl
I was four minutes early for the date we had planned
I was planning to say I was in love with her
Just as soon as she showed for a two o'clock date
And the clock said four of two
At four of two, I was staring into space
She was not yet late, according to the clock
I was feeling nervous so I kept looking up
At the clock sticking out of the side of the building
And it still said four of two
At four of two, I began to feel tired
And I rubbed my eyes, and again I checked the time
It seemed as if the sky was growing dark
But I felt reassured when I looked at the clock
And it still said four of two
I lay my head down on the sidewalk
So in case she were coming I would have a better view
But no one was there so I stretched out
And closed my eyes for a second or two
It was four minutes of two
At once I awoke to a futuristic world
There were flying cars and gigantic metal bugs
I'd grown a beard, it was long and white
But I knew that the girl would be coming very soon
For though everything had changed, there was still that clock
Hello children, it's time for an important lesson with Professor Flans.
This is about four letters that people sometimes confuse for one: LMNO!
LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one
L M NM N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
Ah latee duhtee duhtee da
Ah latee duhtee duhtee da
LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
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