Then-the Earlier Years

I was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea
I crawled to school each morning, when it occured to me
That life's just a mood ring we're not allowed to see
And this is what it said to me

My room is comfortably small
With rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when i'm alone
And he calls when i'm not home
And he calls when i'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane

Now listen all you swingers, don't you try to tag along
I know monkey see, but monkey's dead, for you it would be wrong
Put a dime in my jukebox, you'll only hear this song
And it won't be fun for long

Because my room is comfortably small
With rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when i'm alone
And he calls when i'm not home
And he calls when i'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane

Thank you
Thank you

My room is comfortably small
With rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when i'm alone
And he calls when i'm not home
And he calls when i'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane
I'm insane

Hello
Hello
Hello

Somebody's reading your mind
Damned if you know who it is
They're digging through all of your files
Stealing back your best ideas
You cover your windows with lead
Even keeping the pets outside
Then you hear a moment too late this sound coming over the phone

This is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don't wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames
This is the spawning of the cage and aquarium
Don't wait a moment too soon
Used to be different, now you're the same
Yawn as your plane goes down in flames

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

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

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 things

I'll sink manhattan
Right under the sea
I'll find the sweetest spot to watch
As it goes away

You were so happy
With the things that you said
Like, "he's my lower half," you laughed
But you're going to cry

A river of tiny tears flow from your crocodile eyes
Too late to apologize, i say, as flood waters rise

I'll sink manhattan
I'll sacrifice friends
I think they'd understand my plan
I'll never be sure

I've got a message
So before i get through
I'll find your answering machine
And i'll sink it first

Burn your forget-me-nots
Admit that true love can die
No, i won't apologize, my love, just kiss me goodbye

There's only two songs in me and i just wrote the third
Don't know where i got the inspiration or how i wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one i just made

A rich man once told me
"hey life's a funny thing"
A poor man once told me
That he can't afford to speak
Now i'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'cause

There's just two songs in me and i just wrote the third
Don't know where i got the inspiration or how i wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one i just made

So i went to the president
And i asked old what's-his-name
Has he ever gotten writer's block
Or something like the same
He just started talking
Like he was on tv
"if there's just two songs in ya, boy
Whaddaya want from me?"

So i bought myself some denim pants
And a silver guitar
But i politely told the ladies
"you'll still have to call me sir
Because i have to keep my self-respect
I'll never be a star
Since there's just two songs in me
And this is number three"

Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Become a robot (clang clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late
Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Become a robot (clang clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late

Let's stick together 'cause we're number 8*
Let's stick to numbers 'cause we're great*

Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Become a robot (clang clang)
Clang, clang, whoops, too late

Hey!
Wait!

Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Harbor a deathwish* (help help)
Help, help, help yourself
Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Harbor a deathwish* (help help)
Help, help, help yourself

Hip, hip, horrific are the words we sing
Hip, hip, horrific is our thing

Here's hoping you don't (hoping you don't)
Become a robot (help help)
Help, help, help, help
Help, help, help

Notes
*these lines are disputable. the liner notes to then: the earlier years claim that the lines in the first bridge are as written here, and that in the second verse the line is "harbor a wish
Quot; many fans claim to hear "harbor a deathwish" or "harbor a penguin," but "deathwish" seems the most likely. others hear "number a/'cause we're gray"
E first bridge rather than what is printed here.

I remember the year i went to camp
I heard about some lady named selma and some blacks
Somebody put their fingers in the president's ears
It wasn't too much later they came out with johnson's wax
I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of cuba
Now that's all i can think of, but i'm sure there's something else
Way down inside me i can feel it coming back

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down
(purple toupee when summer brings you down)
Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around
(purple toupee and gold lame)

Chinese people were fighting in the park
We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that
Martin x was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms
Ten years later they were sharing the same cell
I shouted out, "free the expo '67"
Till they stepped on my hair, and they told me i was fat
Now i'm very big, i'm a big important man
And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down
(purple toupee when summer brings you down)
Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around
(purple toupee and gold lame)

Purple toupee is here to stay after the hair has gone away
The purple brigade is marching from the grave

We're on some kind of mission
We have an obligation
We have to wear toupees

Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, i need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know i must investigate
I hope that i can sing along

There's no time for metaphors cried the little pill to me
He said, "life is a placebo masquerading as a simile"*
Well, i knew that pill was lying
Too gregarious, too nice
But as he walked i had to sing this twice

Lie still, little bottle
Don't twist, it ain't twistin' time
With every move you make you just disintegrate my ever-troubled mind

Lie still, little bottle, and shake my shaky hand
Black coffee's not enough for me, i need a better friend
One pill at the bottom is singing my favorite song
I know i must investigate
I hope that i can sing along

Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still, little bottle
Lie still
Lie still
Lie still

As your body floats down third street
With the burn-smell factory closing up
Yes it's sad to say you will romanticize
All the things you've known before
It was not not not so great
It was not not not so great
And as you take a bath in that beaten path
There's a pounding at the door
Well it's a mighty zombie talking of some love and posterity
He says "the good old days never say good-bye
If you keep this in your mind:
You need some lo-lo-loving arms
You need some lo-lo-loving arms"
And as you fall from grace the only words you say are

Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside the puppet head

Ads up in the subway are the work of someone
Trying to please their boss
And though the guy's a pig we all know what he wants
Is just to please somebody else
If the pu-pu-puppet head
Was only bu-bu-busted in
It would be a better thing for everyone involved
And we wouldn't have to cry

Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside the puppet head

Memo to myself: do the dumb things i gotta do
Touch the puppet head

Quit my job down at the carwash
Didn't have to write no-one a good-bye note
That said, "the check's in the mail, and
I'll see you in church, and don't you ever change"
If the pu-pu-puppet head
Was only bu-bu-busted in
I'll see you after school

Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside the puppet head

Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside the puppet head
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside
Put your hand inside the puppet head

Can i have this last dance, my darling?
Can i have this last dance with you?
I wanna dance the whole night tonight

And can i have this last dance, my darling?
Can i have this last dance with you?
These are the words that he told to the fellow next door

Mainstream, u.s.a.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, u.s.a.
Is all i wanna say

Mainstream, u.s.a.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, u.s.a.
Is all i wanna say

We are the world (back off, fool)
We are (i'm talking to you)
We are the world (back off, fool)

Mainstream, u.s.a.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, u.s.a.
Is all i wanna say
Mainstream, u.s.a.
I flipped that guy the bird
Mainstream, u.s.a.
Is all i wanna say



Notes

The lyrics above are as heard on the original dial-a-song version. the following verse is tacked on to the end of the lofi (das online) version, and is sung superimposed with the first verse in
Hen version:

As i rode the subway this morning
There was a man with a boat beside me
And he tapped out rhythms with a smile on his face

And the tip of his finger
That he found on the floor
And these are the words that he told to the fellow next door

Sometimes i feel like being wispy
And once in a while i feel like being dry
But we're doomed and we're drowned by this feeling we surround
So i hope that i get old before i die

Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon i hope
And i wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And i think about the dirt that i'll be wearing for a shirt
And i hope that i get old before i die

Clear off the kitchen table darling
For on the kitchen table i must lie
I'm just tired for my wife just served the banquet of my life
And i hope that i get old before i die

Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon i hope
And i wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And i think about the dirt that i'll be wearing for a shirt
And i hope that i get old before i die

Ohhhhh
It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon i hope
And i wonder why this hasn't happened
Why why why
And i think about the dirt that i'll be wearing for a shirt
And i hope that i get old before i die

"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!

Can we do that?
Can we do that?

I'm def
I'm def
I'm def
I'm listening to the radio

Got a job as a test pilot
Yes i got a job as a test pilot

I'm def
I never listen to the
I never listen to
I never listen to the ra-

I'm def

Got a job as a test pilot
Yes i got a job as a test pilot

I'm listening to the radio

We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded*
We have our own song and we want to get it recorded*

Can we do that?*

Why don't you leave a message*

Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away

Tippy-toe to the front door, mother,
'cause there's a guy with a long, long fuse
And the one thing you can't hide is all the fear you feel inside
As the fuse is spelling out these words

Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away

Tippy-toe to the flat-bed, father,
Because they're pouring out our gasoline
And sadly the cross-eyed bear's been put to sleep behind the stairs
And his shoes are laced with irony

Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away

Hello. this is leslie down with the daily home astrology report.
Taurus: contemplate domestic turmoil.
Aquarius: abandon hope for future plans.

Hide away folk family
Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away folk family
Better hide away
Better hide away (hide away)

Hide away (folk family) folk family (or else someone's gonna get ya)
Someone's gonna get ya
Hide away
Hide away

Once a year my friend puts on a red suit
And hangs around with me and my wife
Now i can't help but feeling jealous each time she climbs on his knee
And she stands beneath the mistletoe screaming
For him to stand beneath the mistletoe screaming
Now i can't help but feeling jealous each time she climbs on his knee
Why must she climb on his knee?

I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
She kissed him once and whispered in his ear
I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
I wish he would go
He's breaking up my home

She always had this twisted side to her*
But she'd never drag my name around town
But lately she's been humming cheating songs
And i don't like that fat guy around
No, i don't like that fat guy around

I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
She kissed him once and whispered in his ear
I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
I wish he would go
He's breaking up my home

I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
Thrilling christmas, trembling fear
I saw my baby wearing santa's beard
I wish he would go
He's breaking up my home

Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
And we're playing in a rock'n'roll band (we're playing in a rock'n'roll band)
We're having a good time (we're)
We're having a good time (we're)
We're having a good time (we're)
Rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn (rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn)

Hey, where's tommy? someone find tommy
We're out on the road
Moving equipment, where's the equipment
Soon we're going home

Then we'll have a party (then)
Then we'll have a party (then)
Then we'll have a party (then)
Rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn (rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn)
Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
Hi, we're the replacements (hi)
And we're playing in a rock'n'roll band (we're playing in a rock'n'roll band)

I don't wanna!
Hi
Hi
Hi
We're playing in a rock'n'roll band
We're
We're
We're
Rock'n'rollin' 'til the break of dawn

The water running down that pipe
Looks like a snake to me
By "doc's sugar bowl" my coffee gets cold
Because i don't want to see that
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I'm the biggest one
I'm the biggest one
I've got no one to blame but my fat self

Should have changed that stupid lock
Should have thrown away the key
No, no, not i, i will survive
Right down here on my knees 'cause
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I've got no one to blame but my fat self
I'm the biggest one
I'm the biggest one
I've got no one to blame but my fat self

What's gonna happen to chess piece face
There go i but for my face
All i know could be defaced by the facts in the life of chess piece face

I don't know where he lives
Or if he knows to sail
Or if little schemes like this one ever cross his trail
But i don't believe he's dreaming
Or if he cares to know
So i shudder* in my lampshade

So, what's gonna happen to chess piece face
There i go but for my face
All i know could be defaced by the facts in the life of chess piece face
Chess piece face
Chess piece face
Chess piece face

The famous person wears the same size water skis as me
She's got three cars, as many years i've lived in this city
Her hair is blond and mine is brown, they both start with a b
But when the phone inside her rib cage rings it's not for me
But when the phone inside her rib cage rings it's not for me
Hey

There's something coming. there's a new car on the horizon. it's coming very slowly. it makes a noise. it has kittens painted all over it. with a new kind of fur. cleaner, but with a unique smel
T, one of these kittens is not prepared to have a good time. it stands alone. away from the crowd. it's your kind of kitten. now the time has come to climb into that car and to shake the paw of
Ny.
No... no... they might be giants are not satanists. they are not posing as an easy-listening nazi rock band trying to lure intellectuals into believing what they already know to be true. no. lis
O the sound of my voice. put away your big blue cigars. and make way... yes, make way, ladies and gentlemen... for they might be giants!

Some notes on how to pronounce certain things:
I, ei, y = pronounced like ee or ea, e.g., feel, read, etc.
Ou= pronounced like oo, e.g., fool

Mono dyo tragoudia eho kai trito molis vgei
De ksero pou vrika to ptoma mia kai tote itan ekei
Tora periplanomai ston tafo tis mousikis
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei

Enas plousios mou eipe fere kota kai zoumi
Ftohopaido mou eipe pos de mporei na pei
Kai tora perimeno san kota to theo epi ti ghi

Mono dyo tragoudia eho kai trito molis vgei
De ksero pou vrika to ptoma mia kai tote itan ekei
Tora periplanomai ston tafo tis mousikis
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei

Piga sto lefko iko kai rotao ton pyravlo
An pote den eixe complex i kati san afto
Ma arxise na paramilaei sa na itan stin tv
"den exo mono dyo tragoudia
Apo mena thelis ti?"

Kainouri' agorasa stena blue jeans
Kai ena baglama
Kai eipa stis kyries na mou ferthoun evgenika
Gia na min exo typseis pos den pao makria
Gia ta dyo tragoudia kai to trito molis vgei



Here's a direct retranslation of greek#3 from greek back to english. some people thought it'd be fun to read. the english of course is not correct, but i translated it literally. in greek too, s
Hings sound weird. like, the expression with the 'chicken and juice'. never heard it before!

I just have two songs and a third one when it comes out*
I don't know where i found the body** since then it was there
Now i'm wandering around music's grave
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out

A rich guy told me "bring a chicken and juice" (!)
A poor guy told me that he can't tell
And now i'm waiting like a chicken for god on earth

I just have two songs and a third one when it comes out
I don't know where i found the body since it was there then
Now i'm wandering around music's grave
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out

I went to the white house and asked the rocket (!)
If he ever had a complex or something of the sort
But he started babbling like he as on tv
"i don't have just two songs
What do you want from me?"

I bought some new, tight bluejeans
And a 'baglama'***
And i told the ladies to be nice to me
So that i won't feel guilty for not going far
For the two songs and the third one when it comes out

* literally 'as soon as' but it would be too long
** literally 'dead body', cadaver
*** a very tiny traditional greek guitar-like instrument, a tiny 'bouzouki'

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell

Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments

Side effect or drug trip
Don't tease me with all of your might
Side effect or drug trip
My panacea's in a xerox shop

Have a nice day, you want it when?
Have a nice day, have a nice day

I didn't expect to find a salesman drinking coffee this late in the morning. how long you been here, joe?
Oh, i don't know, i guess thirty, forty-five minutes maybe. why do you ask?
You must be making a lot of sales, piling up good income.
Oh... uh... i'm doing all right. i could do better, but... ohahaha i get it paul. back on that old "time is money" kick, right?
Not back on it, joe, still on it.

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell
Money i owe, money-iy-ay
Money i owe, money-iy-ay

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell


Notes
The frank o'toole demo version adds more of the spoken dialogue ad nauseum as follows:

Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's
Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's
Okay, okay
Okay, okay, okay let's

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell

Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments

Did i affect your drug trip
Don't tease me with all of your might
Did i affect your drug trip
You threw my wallet in the wishing well

Have a nice day, you want it when?
Have a nice day, have a nice day

I didn't expect to find a salesman drinking coffee this late in the morning. how long you been here, joe?
Oh, i don't know, i guess thirty, forty-five minutes maybe. why do you ask?
You must be making a lot of sales, piling up good income.
Oh... uh... i'm doing all right. i could do better, but... ohahaha i get it paul. back on that old "time is money" kick, right?
Not back on it, joe, still on it.

Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailer trapped in his cell

Money's all broke, and food's going hungry
If it wasn't for disappointment
I wouldn't have any appointments

Avalanche or roadblock
Yes, i was a snowball in hell
I was a snowball in hell

Not back on it, joe, still on it.
Not back on it, joe, still on it.
Not back on it, joe, still on it.

Lord, please don't take me away.

Rabid child stays at home, talks on a cb
Truckers pass calling out their handles to the kid
Chess piece face and the big duluth call her every day
"hammer down" and "rabbit ears" are the only words they know

Hammer down
Hammer down, rabbit ears
Hammer down, rabbit ears
Hammer down, rabbit ears, hammer down

If you pass the rabid child say "hammer down" for me
The rabid child
The rabid child
The rabid child

He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing

He asks a girl if they can both sit in a chair but he doesn't get nervous
She's not really there

He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing

Tour the world in a heavy metal band
But they run out of gas
The plane can never land

He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing

What's the sense in ever thinking about the tomb
When you're much too busy returning to the womb?

He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
People should get beat up for stating their beliefs
He wants a shoehorn, the kind with teeth
Because he knows there's no such thing

Once a boy named mister me bemoaned a great regret
I've floundered in the misty sea, but can't abide its mystery
I wound up sad, you bet

So onward go and edward ho into the bounding main
Enjoy the show look out below but mind the misty sea
Or end up sad like mister me

He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad

So take the hand of mister me and mister, make him glad
To swim the mister misty sea and cease the mister mystery
That mister, made him sad

He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad

He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad
He ended up sad
He ended up sad
He ended up really, really, really sad

The mirror on the wall
Won't talk to me at all
Now that i have everything
The place inside the frame
Just doesn't look the same
Now that i have everything

I wasn't always so fortunate
But i knew what i had to do
To be well-to-do
And it had to do
With the things i had to do

And i don't want anything
I don't want anything
Now that i have everything
I can't tell things apart
I don't know where they start
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday

Put down that surfboard, no, please don't say
All the things i think i know that you're about to say
"everything is everything," is what you're just about to say

There was a program, sort of an inquiry
Into what would be
Just the thing for me
If it came to be
I would have to wait and see

And i don't want anything
I don't want anything
Now that i have everything
I can't tell things apart
I don't know where they start
Now that i have everything

And the mirror on the wall
Won't talk to me at all
Now that i have everything
The place inside the frame
Just doesn't look the same
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Now there's everything don't remind me of yesterday (babool babool)
Babool babool

I think you have another song for us. would you like to perform it?

What's the name of the song?

Oh, i think i know that one! great, great.

In a world we call our home there's lots of room to roam
Plenty of time to turn mistakes into rhyme
There's a place for those who love their poetry
It's just across from the sign that says, "pros only"

So if you like a band with a chick singer,
Say your cup of tea is a wall of trombones
If you dig menudo, or mdc we salute you the way we know
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
I'll tell you why

Hats off to the new age hairstyle made of bones
Hats off to the use of hats as megaphones
Speak softly, drive a sherman tank
Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank

Do you sing like olive oyl on purpose
You guys must be into the eurythmics
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why

Hats off to the new age hairstyle made of bones
Hats off to the use of hats as megaphones
Speak softly, drive a sherman tank
Laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank

Do you sing like olive oyl on purpose
You guys must be into the eurythmics
For every one with dollar signs in his eyes
There must be hundreds who look at you as if you're some kind of
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why
Rhythm section want ad
No others need apply to the rhythm section want ad
And here's the reason why
Why
Why

I could never sleep my way to the top
'cause my alarm clock always wakes me right up
And since my options had been whittled away
I struck a bargain with my radio dj
I said i'd like this song to be number one
He said "i'd really really like to help you my son"
And then i knew that i would have him to thank
Because he asked me how much i had in the bank

He said to think long term investment and
That all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives

He said the record wouldn't have to be hot
And no one ever seemed to care if it's not
It would depend on something else that i've got
And that the other ones who'd given it a shot
Had seen a modest sum grow geometrically
And then they had forgiven themselves
Because the net reward had justified
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives*

Hey mr. dj, i thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said, "you scratch my back and i'll scratch your record"
And i thought you said we had a deal

Well, i told you about the world (its address)
I wonder when they're gonna clean up the mess
You know the rabid child is still tuning in
Chess piece face's patience must be wearing thin
Because they haven't played this song on the air
Not that anyone but me even cared
And the disk jockey has moved out of town
The district courthouse says he's nowhere to be found

He said to think long term investment and
That all the others had forgiven themselves
He said the net reward would justify
The colossal mess they'd made of their lives

Hey mr. dj, i thought you said we had a deal
I thought you said, "you scratch my back and i'll scratch your record"
And i thought you said we had a deal

Fell in the door
And you fell on the floor
With your hand on the knob
Looking up and abruptly
Forget what you're thinking
Fire alarms go off in your head
You live

In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon

Drug trip, it's not a drug trip so you feel a bit insulted
Space walk, it's like a space walk with the corresponding weight loss
And you're nothing but air, with your hand in the air
And your shoelaces tied up together with care
There's a feeling of boredom
Of the big whoredom
Following dressing up

In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon

In the nightgown of the sullen moon
How the windows lean into the room
In the nightgown of the sullen moon

Your head is on the moon
It's not necessary to breathe
Forever is a long time
Your head is on the moon
It's not necessary to breathe
Forever is a long time
Your head is on the moon
Your head is on the moon

Get out of the car
Put down the phone
Take off that stupid looking hat you wear
I'm going to die if you touch me one more time
Well i guess that i'm going to die no matter what

Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
You think it's always sensitive and good
You think that i want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse

Beat up the cat if you need someone else on the mat
I put a rock in the coffee in your coffee mug
Which one of us is the one that we can't trust?
You say that i think it's you but i don't agree with that

Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
You think it's always sensitive and good
You think that i want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
Even when we get along
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse

Love people are there
The smell of love is everywhere
Why can't you be sensitive and good
Why don't you want to be understood
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse
I've got a match
Your embrace and my collapse

I know you deceived me, couldn't sleep last night
Now my tear stains on the wall reflect an ugly sight
I can see your secrets
No need to confess
Everyone looks naked when you know the world's address

The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address

Life's parade of fashion just leaves me depressed
Under every garment i can see the world's address
Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them albert einstein and copernicus were wrong

The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address

Call the men of science and let them hear this song
Tell them albert einstein and copernicus were wrong

The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll repeat it for those who may not have already guessed

The world's address
A place that's worn
A sad pun that reflects a sadder mess
I'll say it one more time for those who may not have already guessed
The world's address

There has been a spacecraft sighted
Flying high above the sky
Sirens declare there's one among us from venus

Volunteers, we need volunteers
Soldiers to meet them
Have no fear
Have no fear
You will be killed right away

I will date the girl from venus
Flowers die and so will i
Yes, i will kiss the girl from venus for science

I'm so brave
I'm so brave
I'll be her love slave

He's so brave
He's so brave
He'll be her love slave forever

Yes, i will date the girl from venus
Flowers die and so will i
Yes, i will kiss the girl from venus for science

Let's get those missiles ready to destroy the universe!