1. |
Dr. Worm
03:01
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They call me Doctor Worm
Good morning, how are you?
I'm Doctor Worm
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor, but
I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
I like to play the drums
I think I'm getting good
But I can handle criticism
I'll show you what I know, and you can
Tell me if you think
I'm getting better on the drums
I'll leave the front unlocked
'Cause I can't hear the doorbell
When I get into it
I can't tell if you are watching me
Twirling the stick
When I give the signal
My friend Rabbi Vole
Will play the solo
Someday, somebody else besides me
Will call me by my stage name
They will call me Doctor Worm
Good morning, how are you?
I'm Doctor Worm
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor
But I am a real worm
I am an actual worm
I live like a worm
And I like to play the drums
I think I'm getting good
But I can handle criticism
I'll show you what I know, and you can
Tell me if you think
I'm getting better on the drums
I'm not a real doctor
But they call me Doctor Worm
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2. |
Severe Tire Damage
00:39
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3. |
They Got Lost
03:42
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Ladies and Gentlemen, put your hands together for They Must Be Giants!
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 crinkle
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
Dan said to Hal
"I see somebody walking this way"
So They 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
Around
Around
Around
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4. |
Why Does The Sun Shine?
02:16
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The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
The sun is not
A place where we could live
But here on Earth there'd be no life
Without the light it gives
We need its light
We need its heat
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's
Atomic energy
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun is hot
The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas
Aluminum, copper, iron, and many others
The sun is large
If the sun were hollow, a million Earths would fit inside
And yet, it is only a middle-sized star
The sun is far away
About ninety-three million miles away
And that's why it looks so small
But even when it's out of sight
The sun shines night and day
We need its heat
We need its light
The sunlight that we see
The sunlight comes from our own sun's atomic energy
Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom-smashing machine.
The heat and light of the sun are caused
By the nuclear reaction between hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, and helium
The sun is a mass of incandescent gas
A gigantic nuclear furnace
Where hydrogen is built into helium
At a temperature of millions of degrees
The sun, ladies and gentlemen
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5. |
Birdhouse In Your Soul
03:11
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I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I have a secret to tell
From my electrical well
It's a simple message and
I'm leaving out the whistles and bells
So the room must listen to me
Filibuster vigilantly
My name is blue canary
One note, spelled L-I-T-E
My story's infinite
Like the Longines Symphonette
It doesn't rest
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
I'm your only friend
I'm not your only friend
But I'm a little glowing friend
But really I'm not actually your friend
But I am
There's a picture opposite me
Of my primitive ancestry
Which stood on rocky shores
And kept the beaches shipwreck-free
Though I respect that a lot
I'd be fired if that were my job
After killing Jason off
And countless screaming Argonauts
Bluebird of friendliness
Like guardian angels it's
Always near
Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch
Who watches over you
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
While you're at it
Leave the nightlight on
Inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
(Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch) While you're at it
(Who watches over you) Leave the nightlight on
(Make a little birdhouse in your soul) Inside the birdhouse in your soul
Not to put too fine a point on it
Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet
Make a little birdhouse in your soul
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6. |
She's An Angel
03:20
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I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm
But everyone was acting normal
So I tried to look nonchalant
We both said, "I really love you"
The Shriners loaned us cars
We raced up and down the sidewalk
Twenty thousand million times
Why did they send her over anyone else?
How should I react?
These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all, in fact
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear, there's no air
Sometimes I think I kind of like that and
Other times I think I'm already there (like now)
Gonna ask for my admission
Gonna speak to the man in charge
The secretary says he's on another line
Can I hold for a long, long time?
I found out she's an angel
I don't think she knows I know
I'm worried that something might happen to me
If anyone ever finds out
Why? Why did they send her over anyone else?
How should I react?
These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear, there's no air
Sometimes I think I kind of like that and
Other times I think I'm already there
When you're following an angel
Does it mean you have to throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead
Calling you an angel, calling you the nicest thing
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7. |
XTC Vs. Adam Ant
03:39
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XTC versus Adam Ant
Content versus form
Fighting for their place in rock and roll
There is no right or wrong
Just when you think it's finished
With XTC on top
Ant music, like a phoenix
Flies back up the charts
XTC versus Adam Ant
Only one will survive
Beatle-based pop versus new romantic
History will decide
XTC versus Adam Ant
I can't tell you why
Even the singer from Bow Wow Wow
Can't make up her mind
XTC versus Adam Ant
Time is marching on
XTC versus Adam Ant
There is no right or wrong
There is no right or wrong
There is
No right
Or wrong
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8. |
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Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
(Ahhh!) Istanbul
Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'
Istanbul
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9. |
Ana Ng
03:00
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Make a hole with a gun perpendicular
To the name of this town in a desktop globe
Exit wound in a foreign nation
Showing the home of the one this was written for
My apartment looks upside down from there
Water spirals the wrong way out the sink
And her voice is a backwards record
It's like a whirlpool, and it never ends
(Ann)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
and we still haven't walked in the glow
of each other's majestic presence
(Listen Ann)
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say
if there was a me for you
All alone at the '64 World's Fair
Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"
Who was at the DuPont Pavillion?
Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?
Or the time when the storm tangled up the wire
To the horn on the pole at the bus depot
And in back of the edge of hearing
These are the words that the voice was repeating
(Ann)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
and we still haven't walked in the glow
of each other's majestic presence
(Listen Ann)
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say
if there was a me for you
When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge
"I don't want the world, I just want your half"
They don't need me here and I know you're there
Where the world goes by like the humid air
And it sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks like a broken record
Everything sticks until it goes away
And the truth is we don't know anything
(Ann)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
and we still haven't walked in the glow
of each other's majestic presence
(Listen Ann)
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say
if there was a me for you
(Ann)
Ana Ng and I are getting old
and we still haven't walked in the glow
of each other's majestic presence
(Listen Ann)
Listen Ana hear my words
They're the ones you would think I would say
if there was a me for you
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10. |
First Kiss
01:35
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The morning alarm rings
I'm asleep but she's talking to me
She's walking 'round wearing all of my clothes
But we decided long ago
We'd build a time machine and go
How 'bout another first kiss, kiss, kiss, yeah
I want another first kiss
Other women were too sentimental
Always worrying about their hair
Got tired of wasting all my time
Now I'm not worrying at all
How 'bout another first kiss, kiss, kiss, yeah
I want another first kiss, kiss, kiss, yeah
I want another first kiss
The plot thins, she's waiting
I could tell you we belong together
I could tell you you belong with me
But we've run out of things to say
And we'll be happy anyway, so
How 'bout another first kiss, kiss, kiss, yeah
I want another first kiss, kiss, kiss, yeah
I want another first kiss
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11. |
Spider
00:52
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Ladies and gentlemen
Ladies and gentlemen
Coopidy coop coop cadoo
Coopidy coop coop cadoo
Coopidy coop coop cadoo
Coopidy coop coop cadoo
Spider
He is our hero
Spider
Get rid of
Spider
Step on spider
Spider
We love you spider
I promise not to kill you
Spider
Spider
We love you spider
Spider
Get rid of
Spider
Must stop
Spider
He is our hero
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12. |
Particle Man
02:09
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Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man
Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man
Triangle man, Triangle man
Triangle man hates particle man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle man
Universe man, Universe man
Size of the entire universe man
Usually kind to smaller man
Universe man
He's got a watch with a minute hand
Millennium hand and an eon hand
And when they meet it's a happy land
Excellent man, universe man
Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man
Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man
Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man
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13. |
She's Actual Size
02:16
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I'm talking about a lady who's actual size.
"No!"
I'm talking about a lady who's actual size.
"No! No! No!"
Words fail
Buildings tumble
The ground opens wide
Light beams down from heaven
She stands before my eyes
She's actual size
But she seems much bigger to me
I've never known anybody like her
She's actual size
Nationwide, believe
Big men
Often tremble
As they step aside
I thought I was big once
She changed my mind
She's actual size
But she seems much bigger to me.
I've never known anybody like her
She's actual size
As she drives away
She's got
All the money
Money couldn't buy
She's got something special
That someone left behind
She's actual size
But she seems much bigger to me
Squares may look distant in her rear view mirror
But they're actual size
As she drives away
Her face
Stands in portrait
On the post office wall
She's stuck in my heart now
Where my blood belongs
She's actual size
But she seems much bigger to me
I've never known anybody like her
She's actual size
Nationwide, believe
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14. |
S-E-X-Y
03:06
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This song is dedicated to my one true love
The ladies
S-E-X-X-Y
More than enough
Around the clock
With nobody else
S-E-X-X-Y
There she is
Standing on the bed
Cookie in one hand
Wig on her head
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
Unnoticed by few
Very very few
And that includes you
Look inside your mind
Look inside your eye
Secret agent spy
Come to see why
S-E-X-X-Y
One finger nail
Across your back
Baby's first gold tooth
Initials inscribed
S-E-X-X-Y
X because it's extra baby
Y because it's extra baby
You gotta understand
She wants to be your man
She's got another plan
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15. |
Meet James Ensor
01:30
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Meet James Ensor
Belgium's famous painter
Dig him up and shake his hand
Appreciate the man
Before there were junk stores
Before there was junk
He lived with his mother
And the torments of Christ
The world was transformed
A crowd gathered round
Pressed against his window
So they could be the first
To meet James Ensor
Belgium's famous painter
Raise a glass and sit and stare
Understand the man
He lost all his friends
He didn't need his friends
He lived with his mother
And repeated himself
The world has forgotten
The world moved along
The crowd at his window
Went back to their homes
Meet James Ensor
Meet James Ensor
Belgium's famous painter
Dig him up and shake his hand
Appreciate the man
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16. |
Till My Head Falls Off
02:51
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There were eighty-seven Advil in the bottle now there's thirty left
I ate forty-seven so what happened to the other ten?
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 decrepit 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 its 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
Yeah!
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
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17. |
About Me
03:01
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You might be thinking that you're free
You might be sailing 'cross the sea
You might be staring at the stars
But you'll be thinking about me
Me
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