They Might Be Giants

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Confusing The Mind"

"Confusing The Mind"

Yes, you can scare a person by confusing his mind
Let's start one step at a time

Yes, you can scare a person by confusing his mind

Always remember, there are two diseases in any business

Well, jeepers, we've got two or three children
Well, jeepers, we've got two or three children

There's no need for confusing the mind
Or... or or filling up the mind with those little things that that

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes"

"Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes"

Conquest, it's a type of quest
They called it a conquest of the planet of the apes
Conquest, they played it at request
It was another type of quest
For the planet of the apes
Conquest!
Request!
We're gonna have an inquest
But this is a type of quest
For the planet of the apes
Yeah!

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Contrecoup"

"Contrecoup"

You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
You can tell just by looking at my skull

Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
'Cause it made me limerent

When my head was hit
I bounced away from it
Or as someone who is craniosophic would say,
The brain went the opposite way

Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
'Cause the first one woke my feelings for you
But the contrecoup made my words untrue
And it left me limerent

Which is to say, how it goes
Couched in terms no one knows
And as if the choice were slim
As if there's no synonym

You know what's wrong with me
You know phrenology
You saw my injury
You can tell just by looking at my skull

Contrecoup, on the rebound
Contrecoup hurt me again
And the second was worse by far than the first
Though the impulse is strong, the connection is weak
And I know what to say, but forgot how to speak
When it made me limerent

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Counterfeit Fake"

"Counterfeit Fake"

Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake

Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake
Hey, hey, counterfeit fake
History wants you, they made a mistake

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Counterfeit Faker"

"Counterfeit Faker"

Call out the undertaker
Call out the police
Counterfeit Faker
Is coming after me

Yes, I loved him like my brother
I loved him ambiguously
There's no way to measure the damage he has done

Counterfeit Faker
Carries a grudge

Nervous, I walk through windows
I walk through a plate glass door
Silent, his presence mocks me
And draws me on some more

Counterfeit Faker
The damage has been done

The damage has been done
The damage has been done
Counterfeit Faker
Bring him on

fox69 · 09.03.2017

"Cowtown"

"Cowtown"

I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

The yellow Roosevelt Avenue leaf overturned
The ardor of arboreality is an adventure we have spurned, we've spurned
A new leaf overturned
It's a new leaf overturned

And so I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

We yearn to swim for home, but our only home is bone
How sleepless is the egg knowing that which throws the stone
Foresees the bone, the bone
Our only home is bone
Our only home is bone

And so I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea

Yes I'm going down to Cowtown
The cow's a friend to me
Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be
Beneath the waves, the waves
And that's where I will be
I'm gonna see the cow beneath the sea
Yes I'm gonna see (I'm gonna see)
The cow (the cow)
Beneath the sea

fox69 · 10.03.2017

"Critic Intro"

"Critic Intro"

"Every once in a while a band comes along that changes the course of human history, and that band is They Might Be Giants."
Tom Poston, the New York Times.

"Like so many things I can't understand, they left my teeth chattering for more."
Peggy Cass, Aquarian Weekly

"Maestro! I say right on!"
Orson Bean, Sky and Telescope

"If you hear only one song this year, there's something terribly wrong with you."
Kitty Carlyle, Easy Riders

Ladies and gentlemen, do not be alarmed.
Please remain perfectly still.
What you are about to see is real.
The performers are not grinning scarecrows sent here to torture and manipulate you.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce the twin quasars of rock.
Please give a warm, friendly hand to They Might Be Giants!

fox69 · 10.03.2017

"Cupid"

"Cupid"

I'm shaking down Cupid 'cause I'm feeling so mad
Why I'd break his leg
I'd kill myself if I was somebody else
I'm feeling so beside myself

To paging Mr. Right
Please to move your van
She thinks of him especially
I think he's kicking sand

In my face, just like in that ad
And I had to walk away feeling mad
To paging Mr. Right
Please to move your van

So I'm shaking down Cupid 'cause I'm feeling so mad
I'd break his leg
I'd kill myself if I was somebody else
I'm feeling so beside myself

No, I'm shaking down Cupid 'cause I'm feeling so mad
Why I'd break his leg
I'd kill myself if I was somebody else
I'm feeling so beside myself

I'd

fox69 · 10.03.2017

"Cyclops Rock"

"Cyclops Rock"

I taught you how to cyclops rock
And then you go and turn around and break my heart
And waste my cyclops time and mess up my cyclops mind

I'm sick like chuckie was sick, my defeated heart keeps beating on
I won't die, like chuckie won't die, but I'm not here to socialize
Gotta find a new place to hang out, because I'm tired of living in hell

I'm a mess since you cut me out but chuckie's arm keeps me company
I'm a fright with my tombstone smile
All the children run away from me
Gotta find new friends to hang with because you're all afraid of me

I taught you how to cyclops rock
And then you go and turn around and break my heart
And waste my cyclops time and mess up my cyclops mind

It was sweet like lead paint is sweet but the after effects left me paralyzed
I just stare with my one glass eye hoping you won't be back again
There's a whole new generation waiting to be wrecked by you

I taught you how to cyclops rock
And then you go and turn around and break my heart
And waste my cyclops time and mess up my cyclops mind

I taught you how to cyclops rock
And then you go and turn around and break my heart
And waste my cyclops time and mess up my cyclops mind

fox69 · 10.03.2017

"D & W"

"D & W"

D, look at D
Half a circle, half a moon, an apple slice
There goes D, Captain D
My boy D, Commander D, the well-known D
D's getting on in years so he moves a little bit slower now
D is shy and doesn't get out of the house much anymore
And then there's W, here comes W
It's double wide, it cannot hide its pride, it's W
They call it W, there's that W
It thinks it's king, its all-time favorite thing is W

"W, you think you're so great"
"Well, I am pretty big"
"Yeah, you're okay. You're just not as great as you think you are."
"How come I never see you around anymore, D?"
"I got this big TV set at home now. And I like to watch the sports."