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Severe Tire Damage

by They Might Be Giants

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Dr. Worm 03:01
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ana Ng 03:00
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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First Kiss 01:35
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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Spider 00:52
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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Particle Man 02:09
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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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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S-E-X-Y 03:06
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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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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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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About Me 03:01
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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