They Might Be Giants

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"All The Lazy Boyfriends"

"All The Lazy Boyfriends"


Begin again, begin again
Wake up the lazy boyfriends
Begin again, begin again
We can start at the end

Push your hands in your pockets, spaced out and sleepless
Put yourself on the docket, get ready to go
Got a brand new day planner still snug in the wrapper
And the weekly to-do list as white as the snow
So who's good for nothing?
After you've run through your personal time
You still got some Wite-Out
Enough to erase all the previous line

Did you say out loud that you think you've lost your edge?
Man, you never lost your edge
All the lazy boyfriends are preparing to change
They're standing in the kitchen and preparing to change
All the lazy boyfriends are preparing to change

This American splendor spreads out before you
From basements to attics, garages to sheds
Who needs a vacation? Who needs a direction?
Who needs motivation when you live in your head?
So who's good for nothing?
So hard to finish, there's nothing to force
You've still got some Wite-Out
And all of the girlfriends' buyer's remorse

Did you say out loud that you think you've lost your edge?
Man, you never lost your edge
All the lazy boyfriends are preparing to change
They're staring at the ceiling and preparing to change
All the lazy boyfriends are preparing

Begin again, begin again
Wake up the lazy boyfriends
Begin again, begin again
We can start at the end

 

[fox69]

"Alphabet Lost And Found"

"Alphabet Lost And Found"


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)

 

[fox69]

"Alphabet Of Nations"

"Alphabet Of Nations"


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

 

[fox69]

"Ana Ng"

"Ana Ng"


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

 

[fox69]

"Anaheim (Anaheim House Of Blues)"

"Anaheim (Anaheim House Of Blues)"


Oh, I don't want to stay in tonight and watch Death Wish 3
Fall asleep with pizza crumbs on my clothes
So put away the hash pipe, the pornography, and the booze
'Cause tonight we're going to the Anaheim House of Blues!

Don't do anything crazy
Like defecate in your pants because you're lazy

Oh put away that crack pipe
Put some makeup on that bruise
'Cause tonight we're going to the Anaheim House of Blues!
Yes, take me down to the Anaheim House of Blues
Oh, drag me by my hair to the Anaheim House of--

Good night, Mrs. Hitler.

 

[fox69]

"Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House Of Blues)"

"Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House Of Blues)"


Oh, I don't want to stay in tonight and watch Death Wish Three
Fall asleep with pizza crumbs on my clothes
So put away that hash pipe, the pornography and the booze
'Cause tonight we're going to the Anaheim House of Blues!

Don't do anything crazy,
Like defecate in your pants because you're lazy...

So, put away that crack pipe, put some makeup on that bruise,
'Cause tonight we're going to the Anaheim House of Blues!

Oh, take me down to the Anaheim House of Blues!

Yes, drag me by my hair to the Anaheim House of [instrumental]

[spoken] Goodnight, Mrs. Hitler.

 

[fox69]

"And Mom And Kid"

"And Mom And Kid"


So many combinations so many combinations so many
So many combinations so many combinations

And mom and dad and kid and kid and dad and mom and kid and dad and baby
And kid and mom and mom and kid and dad and mom and kid and kid and granddad

And dad and dad and kid and kid and mom and gram and kid and mom and
So many combinations so many combinations so many
So many combinations so many combinations
So many families

 

[fox69]

"Another First Kiss"

"Another First Kiss"


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

 

[fox69]

"Answer"

"Answer"


year after year
though every dream of a pony would end in tears
the cake was lit and as you blew the candles out
your heart refilled
and every year
your dream was killed

it may take an ocean of whiskey and time
to wash all of the letdown out of your mind
and this may not be the thing you requested but I
am the answer to all your prayers

all this time interested agents have been eavesdropping upstairs
when will you recognize that I am the answer to all your prayers

you ordered well
they brought you medium rare
you were promised fair
and in response a clap of thunder broke the air
the weather changed
the sky went black
and then it rained

it may take an ocean of whiskey and time
to wash all of the letdown out of your mind
and this may not be the item you selected but I
am the answer to all your prayers

all this time the surveillance machine has been all up in your affairs
when will you realize that I am the answer to all your prayers

it might seem like a thankless existence
but don’t lose hope just yet
you’ll be remembered for your persistence
and this is the thanks you get

you wanted tall
I came in under 5’4”
then you asked for dark
I tend to sunburn a lot
as for handsome well
can’t help you there
so make of it what you will

it may take an ocean of whiskey and time
to wash all of the letdown out of your mind
and I may not be the one you expected but I
am the answer to all your prayers

all this time interested agents have been eavesdropping upstairs
when will you get that I am the answer to all your prayers
all this time the surveillance machine has been all up in your affairs
it should be clear to you by now that I am the final answer to all your prayers

 

[fox69]

"Apartment Four"

"Apartment Four"


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
That's where the four is found