They Might Be Giants

[fox69]

"Flying V"

"Flying V"


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

 

[fox69]

"For Science"

"For Science"


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 slave

He'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!

 

[fox69]

"Four Of Two"

"Four Of Two"


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
And it still said four of two

 

[fox69]

"Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, Or The Garage)"

"Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, Or The Garage)"


T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E
T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E

Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage
Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage

Park your car
Forty bucks
Lose sucker!
Lose again
Walk past
The tip jar
Key your car
It's the
Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage
Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage Garage

T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E
T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E

 

[fox69]

"Go For G!"

"Go For G!"


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

 

[fox69]

"Good To Be Alive"

"Good To Be Alive"


Hello mind. It’s good to be awake again
Spend some time reflecting
Hello hand. We all salute you hand
Five fingers strong. It’s good to have you back again
Hello eye. The complicated eye
Focused so hard on inspecting
Hello leg. Such a shaky leg
Just barely more than decoration

I’m not a motivational speaker
but on this I have arrived
It’s good to be alive. Good to be alive

Hello hand. We all salute you hand
Five fingers strong. It’s good to have you back again

I’m not some mega-church style preacher but my spirit is revived
It’s good to be alive. Good to be alive. Yeah.
I’m not a life coach or some teacher but I think we’ll all survive
It’s good to be alive. Good to be alive. Yeah.

 

[fox69]

"Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire"

"Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire"


With this final venue song,
They Might Be Giants impossibly completed
The impossible task I had set before them.
In Brooklyn, even a deranged millionaire is bound by honor.
And so I must relinquish this studio to them, and concede at last,
They really are, Might Be Giants.
For the Venue Songs of They Might Be Giants,
I'm a deranged millionaire. Goodnight.

 

[fox69]

"Goodnight My Friends"

"Goodnight My Friends"


Goodnight my friends
Goodnight my friends
Sweet dreams from ABC land

 

[fox69]

"Got Getting Up So Down"

"Got Getting Up So Down"


(Get up now)

Left sock, right sock
T-shirt, wrist watch
Bus pass, laptop
House key, cell phone

I got getting up so down
I can do it in my sleep
I got getting up so down
I can do it in my sleep (Get up now)

I got getting up so down
I can do it in my sleep (Good morning)

Dry mop, cough drop
Late tape drop-box
Two lane blacktop
Cash cow junk shop

I got getting up so down
I can do it in my sleep
I got getting up so down
I can do it in my sleep (Get up now)

 

[fox69]

"Great"

"Great"


Great, great, hey, Dave
If you have a hundred
Dollars, I can save you two
Hundred dollars

Dave, hey, Dave, hey wait
Dave, where are you going
With that hundred dollars
In both of your fists?

I'm going downtown (I'm going downtown)
To get used up (To get used up)