They Might Be Giants

[fox69]

"O, Do Not Forsake Me"

"O, Do Not Forsake Me"


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 old

Oh, 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

 

[fox69]

"Oh You Did"
(feat. Robin Goldwasser)

"Oh You Did"
(feat. Robin Goldwasser)



Don't accidentally do things you'll later regret
Oh no, you did
Some things can't be taken back
Don't do them
Too late, you did

Don't say these words to your dad
That he's gross or that he smells bad
Don't spill ink on the rug
Don't hammer the wall
Oh no, you did

Why won't you take directions
Or listen to instructions?
Now you're informed and you've been warned
So don't
Oh wait, you did

Sorry, sorry
Don't be angry
I didn't mean to do it
I swear I'll never do that again

Don't drop eggs from the 14th story window
Oh, you did
Really, you should not go anywhere high up and drop an egg
Like the Pyramids of Giza
Or the Leaning Tower of Pisa
You know what? Don't drop anything from anywhere
Too late, you did

How did the carton of milk get filled with shaved off puppy hairs?
What's that river of water doing pouring down the stairs?
Did you just eat a napkin
To find out what would hap-kin?
I thought I told you not to
But you had to
And you did

Sorry, sorry
Don't be angry
I didn't mean to do it
I swear I'll never do that again

 

[fox69]

"Old Pine Box"

"Old Pine Box"


They tried the handcuffs but they won't lock
Electrical courses but they won't shock
You pulled the fire alarm
You tried punching a cop
You're just too tired to stop

Old pine box (You old pine box)
With your head full of rocks
Sharp like a cracked flowerpot (You old paper hat)
On your skull full of bats
There's no percentage in that

They called relations but they declined
They called the fan club but they'd resigned
Left your car in a field And some questions behind
Your mom thinks you're out of your mind

Over the falls and into the drink
The barrel breaks and we slowly sink
They tried the handcuffs but they won't lock
Electrical courses but they won't shock
You pulled the fire alarm
You tried punching a cop
You're just too tired to stop
You old pine box

 

[fox69]

"Older"

"Older"


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
And now you're older still

 

[fox69]

"Omaha (Sokol Auditorium)"

"Omaha (Sokol Auditorium)"


Sokol Auditorium
Auditorium
Sokol Auditorium
Party in the night time

Sokol Auditorium
Auditorium
Sokol Auditorium
Psychedelic light show

Sokol Auditorium
Auditorium
Sokol Auditorium
Omaha, Nebraska

Sokol Auditorium
Auditorium
Sokol Auditorium
Next to the Kum 'n' Go

 

[fox69]

"Omnicorn"

"Omnicorn"


Omnicorn. Like no other creature ever born
On its head is every manner of horn
The omnicorn’s the one
The one

Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Omnicorn. Hiding over by the edge of the pines
Now it’s running past the hunting lodge sign
No one will see it go

I’ve been to museums
I’ve seen the no-see-ums
I know what I’m talking about

Omnicorn. Even rarer than a unicorn
It’s got every single kind of horn
Omnicorn’s the one
The one

Omnicorn
Omnicorn
Omnicorn. Leaping over someone’s mobius strip
Left behind from a vacationing trip
That’s something to talk about
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go
Omnicorn go

 

[fox69]

"On Earth My Nina"

"On Earth My Nina"


Her burden of things walking out
Her burden of things walking out
On Earth my Nina
On Earth my Nina
God forbid a vaguer feat
National hell mock me
Say the sparrow wants a morbid arrow
Here's a quarter; that's the one I want
Maybe I'll buy the whirlwind
That always keeps me yearning
Her sitter's down there mourning
Her burden of things walking out
Her burden of things walking out
On Earth my Nina
On Earth my Nina

 

[fox69]

"On The Drag"

"On The Drag"


You're only happy when you're sad
You're top fueled and you're bad
Parachute in your back pack and
Your knees under your chin
And your boyfriend's getting mad
At all the time you waste
Trying to put your finger on it
The allure of St. Marks place

On the drag, on the drag
You're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back
On the drag, on the drag
It's a genuine disaster
And it's come to make you king
On the drag

"I won't die until I'm dead,"
Are the first words that he said
Don't try to interrupt him,
'Cause he's never gonna stop
And the time is standing still
With all this time to kill
And I'm trying to walk away
From 1st Avenue to A

On the drag, on the drag
It's a genuine disaster
And we've crowned him with his crown
On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back
On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back

On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting for disaster
And we crowned him with his crown
On the drag

 

[fox69]

"One Dozen Monkeys"

"One Dozen Monkeys"


I am a girl. I'm 11 years old
That's one more than 10
And one less than 12 (One dozen)
At noon (12 o'clock)
I was eating a cupcake from a baker's dozen (Of cupcakes)
That's 13 cupcakes
And the postman rang the doorbell to deliver a package
It was a barrel that came from the jungle

One dozen monkeys jumped right out of the monkey barrel
12 crazy monkeys ran right out of the monkey barrel
11 monkeys ran up into the tree
One monkey stayed behind and now that monkey rides a bike around with me

Mom was upset with the monkeys in the tree
And the monkey on a bike
Which I named Larry
With a dozen bananas she got the monkeys in the barrel
And gave it to the postman to send back to the jungle

But then the monkeys jumped back out of the monkey barrel
12 crazy monkeys ran right out of the monkey barrel
11 monkeys ran back into the tree
One monkey stayed behind and now that monkey rides a bike around with me

His name is Larry

 

[fox69]

"One Everything"

"One Everything"


There's only one everything
Remember these words
There's only one everything
And if you go out and count up everything
It all adds up to one

There's only one everything
The last time I checked
There's only one everything
It kinda makes sense that there would only be
Just one, not ten, not three

If you get all the stuff together
And you have not left something out
Then could there still be anything left over?
I'm pretty sure that means there could not

We share the same omniverse
Please clean your room
We share the same omniverse
And even though you are over here and not there
There's just one everywhere

You got the cars, the trees, the house
There are some clouds, some birds, a monster
And when it's all too much to count up
You can put it in one pile

What if you drew a giant circle
What if it went around all there is
Then would there still be such a thing as an outside
And does that question even make any sense?

There's only one everything
The last time I checked
There's only one everything
It kinda makes sense that there would only be
Just one, not ten, not three
Not twelve

There's only one everything
Remember these words
There's only one everything
And if you go out and count up everything
It all adds up to one
It all adds up
It all adds up
It all adds up to one