They Might Be Giants

[fox69]

"Thinking Machine"

"Thinking Machine"


Tape has brightening arm connect
Wait that didn’t make sense
Self-paint lever itching does
That made even less sense
Shaving copter anymore
That’s not even a sentence
Weld crat tonsil speep enact
Some of those aren’t words

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
I’ll put it in my thinking machine

Uncle fourteen marching flame
Don’t know what you said
Sleep expensive cloud enjoy
Still not following
Gurb long trom flom dim fim lim

Pretty sure that’s gibberish
Dog dog dog dog dog dog dog
Now you’re just repeating the word “dog”

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
I’ll put it in my thinking machine

Cash fog ansel adams mouth
What?
Green grape gravy grateful grab
What?
Skeleteleteleton
What?
The word for word is word

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
I put it in my thinking machine

 

[fox69]

"This Ape's For You"

"This Ape's For You"


This ape's for you
He's coming atcha
This ape's for you
He wants to love you

 

[fox69]

"Three Might Be Duende"

"Three Might Be Duende"


Monochrome Martinet
His texture is starch
This song is a march
And from the beginning
His Duende was winning
But though he's a worthy emcee
He'll never be part of the three
Orpheum act
Faustian pact
Three Might Be Duende, in fact

Necropolis Blownapart
A ghostly sight
Emerges bright
Hot from the embers
The first team member
Is hatching a dastardly plan
Like a bird with a dastardly egg
Trapped in his time
Lost in his rhymes
One Might Be Duende defined!

Apocryphal Espadrille
The shaper of dreams
Returns to the scene
No diorama
Could match his drama
A smile that would frighten the blind
The incubus freezes the mind
Fooled by his charm
Right off the farm
Sound Might Be Duende's alarm

Dystopio Smashedtobits
The keeper of dust
The builder of rust
When you discover
Sleep's older brother
The trio is finally complete
The trio has just one conceit
Forged by their past
First in their class
Three Might Be Duende (Three Might Be Duende)
Three Might Be Duende (Three Might Be Duende)
Three Might Be Duende at last

 

[fox69]

"Thunderbird"

"Thunderbird"


I know, I know, I said that I would quit
All right, I promise, no more after this
You don't know how I've tried
To forget what it was like

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird

Man, oh man, my throat is dry
Man, are you thinking what I
Am? Well what about it then?

Before you fall, you have to learn to crawl
You can't see heaven when you're standing tall
To get the whole sky
On the ground you have to lie

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird

We like fun, me and my girl
We'll have fun fun fun until
T-bird takes her dad away

I know, I know, I said that I'd desist
All right, I promise, no more after this
Not to be what I was like
Not to soar across the sky
Spread my thunder wings and fly
Spread my thunder wings and fly

I remember now
I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird
Why they called it Thunderbird

 

[fox69]

"Tick"

"Tick"


If it wasn't for that tick
We would not be in this predicament
Not be in this predicament that we're in

 

[fox69]

"Till My Head Falls Off"

"Till My Head Falls Off"


There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left
I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10?
Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration
As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again?

Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thought
Have some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself

And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off

Hitting every pocket on my shirt, pants and overcoat
And I'm hitting them again but I don't know where I put my notes
Clearing my throat, and gripping the lectern I smile and face my audience
Clearing his throat and smiling with his hands on the bathroom sink

And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see stuff through the glass that I don't recognize at all

And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off

I'm not done talking yet
I'm not done talking yet

And when I lean my head against the frosted shower stall
I see a broken figure silhouetted on the wall

And I'm not done
And I won't be till my head falls off
Though it may not be a long way off
I won't be done until my head falls off

 

[fox69]

"Tippecanoe And Tyler Too"

"Tippecanoe And Tyler Too"


Oh who has heard the great commotion, motion motion
All the country through?
It is the ball a-rolling on
For Tippecanoe and Tyler too
And with him we'll beat Little Van, Van
Van is a used up man
And with him we'll beat Little Van

Sure, let 'em talk about hard cider (cider cider)
And log cabins too
't'will only help to speed the ball
For Tippecanoe and Tyler too
And with him we'll beat Little Van, Van
Van is a used up man
And with him we'll beat Little Van

Like the rush of mighty waters (waters waters)
Onward it will go
And of course we'll bring you through
For Tippecanoe and Tyler too
And with him we'll beat Little Van, Van
Van is a used up man
And with him we'll beat Little Van

 

[fox69]

"To A Forest"

"To A Forest"


This stuff is complex
Never figured out the part that comes next
I'm out of my depth
Everything I reach for is out of my grasp

And nothing comes next
You figured on a change or a rest
Well, that's a good guess
Everything is shifting and shifting again

Something punched my mind in the face
Tracked me down under my pillow case
Now we're alone in this freaky place
Our consciousness has been

This stuff is complex
Never figured out the part that comes next
I’m out of my depth
Everything I reach for is out of my grasp

There are forces out to destroy us
I heard whispers, it was a warning
They'll knock us out and drag us to a forest
Yes, that's what I've been told

 

[fox69]

"Toddler Hiway"

"Toddler Hiway"


In the mornin' sun 'round seven o'clock
The parking lot fills around Toys-R-Us
And my little girl, she will get away
Ride her bike down Toddler Hiway
Take your Close'n'Play
Toddler Hiway

 

[fox69]

"Token Back To Brooklyn"

"Token Back To Brooklyn"


The token back to Brooklyn fell between the grating
And we're just watching it sinking
The fare went up to one hundred dollars
And we can never go home again
The bill collector's drinking lighter fluid
And says he'll tell our parents
Our feet start running at a furious pace
But we can't get away