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Drinkin'
01:31
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Back in high school I knew a girl
Not too simple and not too kind
We both grew up but I heard she changed
From a new wave fan to another kind
She thinks she's Edith Head
But you might know she's not
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
She thinks she's Edith Head
Or Helen Gurley Brown
Or some other cultural figure
We don't know a lot about
It's been years since I moved away
But at Christmas I come home
And I saw her reflection
In the window of a store
She was talking to herself
Not too simple and not too kind
I walked on by, it was complicated
And it stuck in my mind
She thinks she's Edith Head
But you might know she's not
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
The accent in her speech
She didn't have growing up
She thinks she's Edith Head
She thinks she's Edith Head now
She thinks she's Edith Head
She thinks she's Edith Head now
(AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!)
She thinks she's Edith Head
She thinks she's Edith Head now
She thinks she's Edith Head
She thinks she's Edith Head now
"One more! one more, go!"
SHE'S LOST HER MIND!
"Let's listen!"
"I ate a bug."
"I can't hear you at all."
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3. |
Maybe I Know
02:00
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Maybe I know that she's been a-cheating
Maybe I know that she's been untrue
But what can I do?
I hear them whispering as I walk by,
"She's gonna break his heart, and make him cry."
I know it's me they're talking about
I'll bet they all think I'll never find out
Oh
Maybe I know that she's been cheating
Maybe I know that she's been untrue
But what can I do?
My friends keep telling me that she's no good
"She isn't treating you the way she should."
I feel so badly, that's all I can say
Before my tears fall, I just walk away
Oh but maybe I know that she's been a-cheating
Maybe I know that she's been untrue
But what can I do?
Deep down inside, she loves me
Though she may run around
I know someday she'll love me
Someday she'll settle down
Maybe I know that she's been a-cheating
Maybe I know that she's been untrue
But what can I do?
Oh, maybe I know that she's been cheating
Maybe I know that she's been untrue
But what can I do?
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4. |
Rat Patrol
02:02
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Moths beat on the window pane
Telling me I'm not the same
Sounds of nothing, sounds of fear
Speak to me when no one's near
Come on Rat Patrol
I'm on Rat Patrol
Wilderness of mirrors shine
Floorboards creak or footsteps heard
Headlights turn into the drive
Then disappear into the night
I'm on Rat Patrol
Come on Rat Patrol
Yeah
Yeah
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5. |
Token Back To Brooklyn
00:52
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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
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6. |
Older
01:54
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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
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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 and
Days gone by
Operators are standing by
Talking about their portrayal
On the TV 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 a picture of a möbius strip
And wish they could go home
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8. |
Dark And Metric
01:38
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No taxi could take you
No trains rolling by
No bicycle shop, no planes in the sky
Planes in the sky
Not a night spent in jail
Parrot on my arm
Not a man of the world, no patch on my eye
Patch on my eye
Dark and metric is my town
Every day and night
Just because you're floating
Doesn't mean you haven't drowned
No spoiler, no windscoop
No mag wheels in back
No hydraulic shocks, no privacy glass
Privacy glass
Dark and metric is my town
North, east, west, and south
Just because you're smiling
Doesn't mean you haven't drowned
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9. |
Reprehensible
03:14
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Each night I lie awake
Completely alone
A voice is speaking, and I tremble
For it's not my own
My own
I can't ignore it
Although I try
The intrusive whisper fascinates me
Here's why
Here's why
The shadows gather 'round as the voice recites
The secret history of my immortal soul
Indestructible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts
The record of my
Unspeakable crimes
In previous lives
In previous times
Indelibly stains
The pages of history
Indestructible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
Night after night the voice recites my misdeeds
And puts me to sleep
And tells me I won't
Remember a thing
When morning comes at last
I rub my eyes
Forgetting everything and thinking
Only of my plans
My plans
The world is spinning 'round and I'm on the top
And nothing in the world can ever make me stop
Indestructible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts
And only I know
Who's responsible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
Me
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The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield
Count the arms, the legs and heads, and then divide by five
Drenched in blood, they move across the screen
Do I need to point or do you see the one I mean?
The one in back
The way he acts
Is he reminding you
Of anyone we know?
Isn't he so
Like certain people I could name?
Halfway through the 30 minutes, halfway 'round the world
Here's the story on the genocidal overlord
In her palace with her epaulettes
Watch her little gestures as she lights her cigarette
Look at her, you
Must see it too
Is she reminding you
Of anyone we know?
Isn't she so
Like certain people I could name?
Disembodied and detached, a voice describes the scene
As a lizard stalks a helpless creature on TV
Music underscores the tragedy
Eyes with no expression watch the unsuspecting prey
Who is it like?
Doesn't it strike
You as the very image
Of someone we know?
Isn't it so
Like certain people
How could anybody miss
The obvious
And the uncanny and
The clear resemblance?
Isn't it just
Like certain people I could name?
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11. |
Counterfeit Faker
02:05
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Call out the undertaker
Call out the police
The counterfeit faker
Is coming after me
Yes I loved him like a brother
I loved him ambivalently
There's no way to measure
The damage he has done
Counterfeit faker
Carries a grudge
Nervous, I walk through windows
I walked through plate glass doors
Silent, his presence mocks me
And waves me on some more
Counterfeit faker
The damage has been done
Ah, do some damage, son
The damage has been done
The damage has been done
Counterfeit faker
Bring him on
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12. |
They Got Lost
04:37
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Julie at the station says
They'll be here any minute now
But she's running out of records
And her show is ending anyhow
They can hear her saying
Their name on the car radio
But the signal keeps fading out
No matter which way They go
I heard They Might Be
Somewhere near this town
They Might Be Giants got lost
Driving around
John said to John
"I think we make a left at the light
There should be a big 'B'
assuming this map is right"
John looked over and he said,
"Hey, no it's not
It's a crumpled up wrapper
From the fast food that we got"
I heard They Might Be
Somewhere near this town
They Might Be Giants got lost
Driving around
Graham said to Brian
"I see somebody walking this way"
So Eric rolled down the window
And said, "Hello, excuse me, hey"
"Could you tell us where we are
And the best way out of here?"
They could tell from his expression
He had absolutely no idea
I heard They Might Be
Somewhere near this town
They Might Be Giants got lost
Driving around
Driving around
Driving around
They're still driving around
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13. |
Lullaby To Nightmares
02:29
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Have you ever seen a bloody egg?
Glass in hand, lying up in bed?
That's the time to sing this cowardly lullaby
And you ought to know why
Lullabye to nightmares whisper low
In the night where bat wings flow
That's where all the frightmares go
When the elephants die
Wouldn't you like to try?
Ba ba-ba ba-ba
Ba ba-ba ba-ba
Ba ba-ba ba-ba
Have you ever heard the blackbird's song?
Summer days all summer long
Underneath the shady tree
A shadow sitting next to me
And we stare at the sun
Lullabye to nightmares whisper low
In the night where bat wings flow
That's where all the frightmares go
When the elephants die
Wouldn't you like to try?
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14. |
On Earth My Nina
01:21
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Here's my song.
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 mugged me
Say, the sparrow wants a morbid arrow
Here's a quarter, that's the one I won
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
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15. |
The Edison Museum
01:59
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The Edison Museum, not open to the public
Its haunted towers rise into the clouds above it
Folks drive in from out of town
To gaze in amazement when they see it
Just outside the gate I look into the courtyard
Underneath the gathering thunderstorm
Through the iron bars, I see the Black Maria
Revolving slowly on its platform
In the topmost tower, a light burns dim
A coiling filament glowing within
The Edison Museum, once a bustling factory
Today is but a darkened, cobweb covered hive of industry
The tallest, widest and most famous haunted mansion in New Jersey
Behind a wooden door, the voice of Thomas Alva
Recites a poem on a phonograph
Ghosts float up the stair, like silent moving pictures
The loyal phantoms of his in-house staff
A wondrous place it is, there can be no doubt
But no one ever goes in, and no one ever goes out
So when your children quarrel and nothing seems to quell them
Just tell them that you'll take them to the Edison Museum
The largest independently owned and operated mausoleum
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16. |
Dr. Evil
01:48
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