They Might Be Giants

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"One More Parade"

"One More Parade"


Hup, two, three, four, marching down the street
Rollin' of the drums and the tramping of the feet
General salutes and the mothers wave and weep
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid, prices paid
One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed, light the flame
One more parade

Listen for the sound and listen for the noise
Listen for the thunder of the marching boys
A few years ago their guns were only toys
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid, prices paid
One more parade

So young, so strong, so ready for the war
So willing to go and die upon a foreign shore
All march together, everybody looks the same
So there is no one you can blame
Don't be ashamed, light the flame
One more parade

Medals on their coats and guns in their hands
Trained to kill as they're trained to stand
Ten thousand ears need only one command
Here comes the big parade
Don't be afraid, prices paid
Don't be ashamed, war's a game
World's in flames, so start the parade

 

[fox69]

"One Two Three Four"

"One Two Three Four"


One two three four
One two three four

One two three four
One two three four
One two three four
Okay

One two three four
One two three four
One two three four
One two three four

 

[fox69]

"Ooh La! Ooh La!"

"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
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
Ooh la! Ooh la!

 

[fox69]

"Operators Are Standing By"

"Operators Are Standing By"


Operators are standing by
Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
Bounce their shoes at the end of their feet
And wish they could go home

Operators are standing by
Poking holes in the ceiling tiles
Making jokes about their old boyfriends

Operators are standing by
Talking about their portrayal
On T.V. where an actress sits
With a headset in outer space

That's enough talking, ladies

Operators are standing by
Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee
Pass round the picture of a Mobius Strip
And wish they could go home

And wish they could go home

 

[fox69]

"Or So I Have Read"

"Or So I Have Read"


Animals can smell your dreams
Or so I have read
That explains the constant sniffing
Under your bed
Or so I have read
It says it right here
And did you know
That mixing paint with milk will make it clear?

Barber poles are found in the wild
And caught in a cage
If you count the stripes
You can determine their age
Or so says the sage
That authored this page
Who owns a self-consuming timepiece
Called the chronophage

Everything you hear is a fact
And the opposite is also correct
If you swallowed up the planet
You would be a wiser man
It would be inside your head
So I have read

You may not believe this
But it has been shown
The reason clouds are white
Is that they're made out of bone
And when I found out
I slapped my own face
For now I know why skeletons
Are up in outer space

Someday in the distant future
So I have read
Microscopic astronauts
Will land on your head
There's so much to know
Can't put this book down
A mime is the hybrid offspring
Of a human and a clown

Everything you hear is a fact
And the opposite is also correct
If you swallowed up the planet
You would be a wiser man
It would be inside your head
Or so I have read

 

[fox69]

"Oranges"

"Oranges"


Oranges, oranges,
Oranges and graphic design.
The Chopping Block spends their days, growing

Oranges, and picking oranges,
Then working on graphic design.
The Chopping Block works all the time!

We work the day shift, and
We work the night shift, and
We work the grave yard shift!

Oranges, oranges,
Oranges and graphic design.
The Chopping Block spends their days, growing

Oranges, and picking oranges,
Then working on graphic design.
The Chopping Block's working all the time.

 

[fox69]

"Oranges Testimonial"

"Oranges Testimonial"


[John Flansburgh:]
Hey, this is John of They Might Be Giants. You might know me better as one of the guys from They Might Be Giants. You know, chemistry is like a relationship and that's why when you're looking for web design, go to the best: The Chopping Block. You might not know it, but over 50% of web designers are sleepy and cranky. The Chopping Block, through farm living and an active internship recruiting policy have over 10 million employees ready to serve your corporate whatever-they-call-it. Orange powered and web-fueled, The Chopping Block... e-solutions to e-verybody.

Oranges, oranges
Oranges and graphic design
The Chopping Block spends their time growing
Oranges, picking oranges
Then working on graphic design
The Chopping Block works all the time, all the time.

 

[fox69]

"Oregon"

"Oregon"


Oregon is bad
Stop it if you can
Here it comes
Here it comes
Now it's after you
Flee to someplace new
Run away
Run away

From the penthouse to the prison
to the humble piedaterre
Are they taking up the cry
In the brothel
In the castle
On the crowded boulevard
Do they sing the dreadful words

Oregon is bad
Stop it if you can
Here it comes
Here it comes

Oregon is bad
Stop it if you can
Run away
Run away

 

[fox69]

"Out Of A Tree"

"Out Of A Tree"


Get your eight year-old out of a tree.
Get your eight year-old out of a tree.
Got up there. Quite a ways.

There's no ladder as tall as that tree
and what's sadder is he's still in that tree
Just what could've made him
Of course you forbade him
He's a child

Hear the sounds of laughter
High above the rafters
He's gone wild

Neighbors shocked but the all still agree.
There's no talking him down from that tree
And it rains. Still he stays

Get your eight year-old out of a tree.
Get your eight year-old out of a tree.

Now your nine year-old lives in a tree.
Now your nine year-old wants no T.V.
Not a stage. Not a phase

Now your nine year-old has been set free.
Now your nine year-old's home is a tree.

 

[fox69]

"Out Of Jail"

"Out Of Jail"


Long before the screen door slammed, she was out of Xenia
A stranger could have loved that town but she had to leave

I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love
I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear '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
I could say who's to blame, say who's the man in this cautionary tale
But I swore I'd be true and I'll swear and I'll swear 'til Kitten's out of jail

Didn't want to be a slave
Just turned out that way

I wish I'd gotten to know her before I fell in love
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 swear and I'll swear 'til Kitten's out of jail