They Might Be Giants

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Unforgotten"

"Unforgotten"

Don't have to be
Your only one
Don't have to be
Something from now on
Don't have to be
What I want at all

Just have to be
Unforgotten

I know your new boyfriend
And you belong with him
The truth is my one regret
The truth is my one regret

Just have to be
Unforgotten
Just have to be
Unforgotten

Don't have to know
What I'm thinking now
Don't have to know
Better days than these
Don't have to know
Where I've been so long

Just have to be
Unforgotten

I know you're leaving now
If I had figured out

Just how to be
Unforgotten
Just how to be
Unforgotten

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Unpronounceable"

"Unpronounceable"

Time stopped
When you said hello
When you left
The clock began to breathe again
Now all I do is think about
The puzzle that remains

Your name it is unpronounceable
Distorted and illegible
I never figured out what that was
If I couldn’t then I doubt I ever will

Rewind the tape, review the blur
Never the same, but still obscure
Turn up the sound and hear the white noise
Zoom and enhance if that were even a
Real thing
Which it isn’t
Stare at the static long enough you’ll
Be hypnotized be hypnotized

Now I spend
My days and nights
Looking at
A depression on the sofa
And over time it flattens out
But I am still depressed

Your name it is unpronounceable
Distorted and illegible
I never figured out what that was
If I couldn’t then I know I never will

Rewind the tape, review the blur
Never the same, but still obscure
Turn up the sound and hear the white noise
Stare at the static and be hypnotized

Found
Found your sound
Wound down and nearly drowned
Lying on the ground

Your name it is unpronounceable

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Unrelated Thing"

"Unrelated Thing"

Do you smile 'cause I'm funny? said the man
I wasn't joking and I meant the thing I said
Not at all, not at all
Said the woman to the man
I was thinking of an unrelated thing

Unconnected and free
No relationship to anything

How come you never look me in the eye?
Aren't you listening to me said the man
Not at all, not at all
Said the woman to the man
I'm still thinking of an unrelated thing

Somewhere other than here
Something else besides the man

Please explain the expression on your face
Then I'll know what's beneath it said the man
No you won't, no you won't
Said the woman to the man
I'll be thinking of an unrelated thing
I'll be thinking of an unrelated thing

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Upside Down Frown"

"Upside Down Frown"

You say you've got some very excellent news
You say I'm going to die when you tell me
And in my way, I will
But though your words will kill,
I know you'll think that I don't seem to care

It's just because my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down

I'm happy at your happiness as well
Your anger makes me mad
Though you can't tell
Believe me when I say
I'm with you in my private way
And though you think I'm trying to blow you off

It's only that my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down

You'd probably like to give me a smack
But there's something about my face
That always keeps you coming back

When I'm with you, the landscape goes all weird
Black is white, and the rainbow has a beard
Are your eyes playing tricks
Or should you get your glasses fixed?
Well, I don't think your eyesight is to blame

The problem is my frown is upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down
It's upside down, my frown
Is upside down
My frown's upside down

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Vancouver (Richard's On Richards)"

"Vancouver (Richard's On Richards)"

Um, we've been making up songs for every venue that we play in for the last
Month or so and this one is called Richard's on Richards.

She's a different kind of girl
The kind you see in pictures
I think you might have seen her
Richard's on Richards

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean-mean
Richards

She doesn't ride a motorbike
She doesn't think it fits her
But she always wears a monocle
Richard's on Richards

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean-mean
Richards

Look over there
Check out her hair
She's really on an ego trip

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean-mean
Richards

Thank you very much.

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's On Richards)"

"Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's On Richards)"

She's a different kind of girl
The kind you see in pictures
I think you might have seen her
Richard's on Richards

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean, bean
Richards

She doesn't ride a motorbike
She says it doesn't fit her
But she always wears a monocle
Richard's on Richards

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean, bean
Richards

Look over there, check out her hair
She's really on an ego trip

You know what I mean
You know what I mean
You know what I mean, bean
Richards

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Violin"

"Violin"

Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Ohhh
Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Ohhhh

Hippo Hippo Hippo Hippo Hippo Hippo Hippo

Mop Mop Mop mop Mop mop Mop mop mop Mop mop mop mop Mop

Speck of dust, dust, dust Speck of dust, dust, dust Speck of dust, dust, dust Ohhh

Speck of dust, dust, dust Speck of dust, dust, dust Speck of dust, dust, dust Ohhh

One quarter of George Washington's head
Half of George Washington's head
Three quarters of George Washington's head
All of George Washington's head

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhoooooooo

Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Ohhh

Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Violin-lin-lin Ohhh

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Wake Up Call"

"Wake Up Call"

Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bo bo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bo bo)
Ba ba ba baw Ba ba ba baw
Ba ba ba baw Baw baw
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo
Bo bo do bo bo bo Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo bo bo bo (bobobobobobobobo)
Bo bo do bo bo bo (bobobobobobo)

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"Walking My Cat Named Dog"

"Walking My Cat Named Dog"

Walking all around the town
Singing all the people down
Talking around, talking around

Me and my cat named Dog
We're walking high against the fog
Singing the song, singing the song

Happy, sad, and crazy wonder
Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming

Drifting up and down the street (drifting up and down the street)
Searching for the sound of people (searching for the sound of people)
Swinging their feet, swinging their feet

Dog is a good old cat (Dog is a good old cat)
People, whatcha think of that? (People, what d'you think of that?)
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at

Happy, sad, and crazy wonder
Choking up my mind with perpetual dreaming

Dog is a good old cat (Dog is a good old cat)
People, whatcha think of that? (People, what d'you think of that?)
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at
That's where I'm at

fox69 · 12.03.2017

"We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime"

"We Just Go Nuts At Christmastime"

Up the driveway, down the walk
Oh, Janet's hair is like her mom's
Who's got her own, but acts like something's
Different from the eyebrows up

Seems like only yesterday
Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E
I love you both and Yuletide is pure
H-E-double-L for me

And we just go nuts at Christmastime
That's when everything falls apart
We just go nuts at Christmastime
But it's another year before we're together again

Hi, this is John of They Might Be Giants
As you're driving down the highway at 100 miles an hour with your head wagging out the window,
We urge you, please, put down the phone

We just go nuts at Christmastime
That's when everything falls apart
We just go nuts at Christmastime
But it's another year before we're together

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