They Might Be Giants

[fox69]

"Kitten Intro"

"Kitten Intro"


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... for They Might Be Giants!

 

[fox69]

"L M N O"

"L M N O"


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

 

[fox69]

"Lady Is A Tramp"

"Lady Is A Tramp"


Yeah
Yeah
Tramp

 

[fox69]

"Lazyhead And Sleepybones"

"Lazyhead And Sleepybones"


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

 

[fox69]

"Leeds (Leeds Irish Center)"

"Leeds (Leeds Irish Center)"


Ball, windows, bar, bar, stage
Leeds Irish Center
Spinning around and around and around and around and around and around

(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Ayyyyyyyy!

Wall, ceiling, wall, floor, stage
Leeds Irish Center
Spinning around and around and around and around and around and around

(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Fuel tank!
(Truck truck truck truck truck truck truck) Yayyyyyyy!

 

[fox69]

"Let Me Tell You About My Operation"

"Let Me Tell You About My Operation"


Smile wide scrub side feet on the dash. I’ll sleep the whole damn day
Slow Lane. Propane. Empties for cash. Rearview mirror thrown away

Oh, let me tell you about my operation. Doctors removed your memory (Tres bon!)

Ground floor. Screen door. Yelling inside. I think you know the scene
Front lawn. Break of dawn. Clothes on the ground. How could you be so mean?

Oh, let me tell you about my operation.
Doctors removed your memory
Oh, it’s good news. It’s just a quick procedure
Find happiness through surgery

Oh, let me tell you about my operation
Doctors declared I’m better now
Our liaison--oh it was poison baby!
Our liaison--it was a drag

Let me tell you about my operation
Doctors removed your memory
Oh, it’s good news. It’s just a quick procedure
Find happiness through surgery

Tres bon! Tres bon! Tres bon!

 

[fox69]

"Let Your Hair Hang Down"

"Let Your Hair Hang Down"


Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down

Why do we resemble concrete?
Did we order all these rain clouds?
Who overturned the party cart?
Who said to stomp the fire out?

Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad?
When your hair's so long
Let your hair hang down

Do we have to drag the drag around, is that the plan?
Can't we leave the barking dogs and join the caravan?

Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hang down

Without a written guarantee of perfect sailing
Can you crawl from under the porch without a helmet?

Before we can get all the facts
We may be going to have to act

Let the wrong be wrong
Would it be so bad?
When your hair's so long
When you look so sad
Let your hair hang down
It is now the time
To untie your hair
Let your hair hair down

 

[fox69]

"Letter / Not A Letter"

"Letter / Not A Letter"


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?
That's a letter. Only it's upside down.

 

[fox69]

"Letterbox"

"Letterbox"


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
And I'll never never know what you never never never want to know when you know what you are, O.

If I had a pair of eyes on the back of my head 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.

Too late or soon to make noise about* love and there's no time for sorrow
Run around in the rain with a hole in the brain till tomorrow

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
And I'll never never know what you never never never want to know when you know what you are, O.

 

[fox69]

"Lie Still, Little Bottle"

"Lie Still, Little Bottle"


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