The urge to take you grows more strong For time had made me wait too long Each watch I smash apart Just adding to my power Each watch I smash apart Just bringin...

At four of two I was staring into space I had to move there were things I had to do I wasn't really doing anything I was standing around And I looked at the clo...

Hello they might be giants are happy to be on a radio program for the first time in their long-illustrious careers 1985 has been a very good year for they might...

Deborah was a Catholic girl She held out till the bitter end Carla was a different type She's the one who put it in Mary was a black girl And I was afraid of a ...

I'm sitting on the cur By the empty parking lot Of the store where they let me play the organ I'm waiting for my ride But I want to wait inside Of the store whe...

A shooting star is not a star Is not a star at all A shooting star's a meteor That's heading for a fall A shooting star is not a star Why does it shine so brig...

I was born in a lighthouse, my mother was the sea I crawled to school each morning, when it occured to me That lifes just a mood ring were not allowed to see An...

(They Might Be Giants/Tony Maimone/Brian Doherty) ---The words, unfortunately, are not on the sheet--- ---TMBG used a Copyrighted product name, and that --- ---...

This song is dedicated to all you modern-day troubadors out there And I think I know who you are I got to get a jo Got to get some pay My son's gotta go to art...

Once upon a time, they sent a rocket to the moon With scientific instruments to test conditions there But just before they closed the door One scientist expelle...

We're gettin' metal with it We're all MacGyver on it It's not provisional and highly temporary It's the unbroken synapses acting out and talking scary They'd be...

On this fateful day, in the history of whenever, An epidemic of missing letters has swept the land Whatever the cause, for the sake of future generations, In th...

Alphabet of nations! Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, The Gambia Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia Norway, Oman, Pakista...

Am I awake? What time is it? When I get through this day, Can someone tell me how And how much longer now? Am I awake? The coffee's cold, Did I forget to drink...

There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime There's an ant crawling up your back in the nighttime But you think that's okay while you're sleeping That...

I live up in apartment four I'm on the very next floor The number's right on the door If you ever get bored Come knock on my door The one with the four I live...

The designers of the Arkansas Were inspired to choose a form that was The exact dimensions and the shape Of the state whose name she bore Yes, the ship was sha...

The banana slugs are out in force, They make a tastey meal of course Suck them dry when first you meet, They're also easy to re-heat I like to call them 'nana ...

He says he knows me But I don't know that guy He's waving at me But he looks kind of mad Some crazy bastard wants to hit me He's waving me over so he can hit m...

Julie wants to get out of town She needs to settle down Move to a place where no one knows her Lisa just had to get away Nothing could make her stay Tired of li...

Here's hoping you don't Become a robot Clang, clang, whoops! too late Let's stick together 'cause we're number 8 Let's stick to numbers 'cause we're great Here'...

The day is done The sun is down The curtains have been drawn And darkness has descended over everything in town The covers have been turned and I've got my paja...

Everyone is crying at the dread hypnotic flying Of the bee of the bird of the moth You can't walk, you can't ramble 'cause you're gonna have to scramble From th...

All my friends are beneath the planet of the apes All my friends are All my friends are All my friends are beneath the planet of the apes And when I get there I...

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 *chorus* Blue canary in the outl...

Birds fly into my windshield Thoughts fall from my thoughts This good luck charm hanging off my arm Was left here by the police Words fall out of my pockets An...

Yes, no, maybe I don't know Can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now You're not the boss of me now And you're n...

Somebody's been Brainwashin' our fighting boys Somebody's been Deprogramming them so they won't fight anymore They're searching for the missing chimp But they ...

You said something before you left Something I was not to forget Then Is when i maybe should have wrote it down But when I looked around to find a pen And then...

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves C is for conifers, my kind of trees Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines C is for conifers, ...

I was laying on the porch As the bus drove by Just talking to the dog About thinking to myself There are so many big ideas We could talk about But nothing that ...

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 le...

Can you find the hidden 'H' Where it's hiding? Is it on the ground Or in the sky Or part of something here? Does it fit somehere inside? Is there somewhere it c...

The known, the unknown, and the under-known Look at what she found Digging all around By the goldfish pond She's gonna get in trouble now Shaking up the bees, s...

The few surviving samurai survey the battle field Count the arms, the legs and heads, and then divide by five Drenched in blood, they move across the screen Do ...

Uh huh Uh huh uh huh Uh huh Uh huh uh huh Uh huh Clap your hands Clap your hands Clap your hands Clap your hands Clap your hands Stomp your feet Stomp y...

I can't talk, I got to go Don't call me back, I won't get the door Got to focus on the jo 'Cause I got a new job climbing the walls I was grinding my teeth, I ...

Clowntown Clowntown Everyone here is a clown Bad clown Sad clown Everyone here is a clown Tall clown Bald clown Everyone here is a clown Clowntown Clowntown Eve...

You, to me Are sweet as roses in the morning You, to me Are soft as summer in that dawning love we share That something rare The sidewalks and the street The c...

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 plan...

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 agai...

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 ...

Eustace, Muriel, somebody's at the door Creepy, surreal, someone better get the door Someone better get the door Who's gonna' get the door? Courage the Coward...

"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...

Im shaking down cupid cause Im feeling so mad Why Id break his leg Id kill myself if I was somebody else Im feeling so beside myself To paging mr right* Please ...

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...

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 li...

JL: Hey John JF: Oh, hey John JL: What's going on? JF: Man, I'm confused JL: You're confused? Why? JF: I'm no good at remembering stuff JL: Really? JF: Yeah JL:...

I'm not much of a natural dancer But I've got a friend who's a natural dancer You could call her a jumpin' bean She's got ants in her pants and she's gonna danc...

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...

I returned a bag of groceries Accidentally taken off the shelf Before the expiration date I came back as a bag of groveries Accidentally taken off the shelf Bef...

I've been leaving on my things so in the morning when the morning bird sings there's still dinner on my dinner jacket 'til the dinner bell rings Experimental do...

here comes the dirt bike Beware of the dirt bike Because I hear they're coming to our town They've got plans for everyone And now I hear they're over their soph...

Mr John Flansburgh: "This, uh, song This song is called other show Other kind of show It's called 'Disappointing Show'" Disappointing show I saw it Disappointi...

(They Might Be Giants) 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 ...

Don't don't don't let's start This is the worst part Could believe for all the world That you're my precious little girl But don't don't don't let's start I've ...

Down down down Down down down Down down down Down to the bottom of the sea Me and my baby We got a secret plan Me and my baby And I'm a sailor man Down down d...

Evil, evil is his one and only name Evil, in his mind there is no other game! When your name is Evil, that is good or so you think, but you're so very wrong It...

They call me Dr Worm, Good morning, how are you? I'm Dr 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 l...

A hardly has an appetite And pokes at food too long And B can barely bother Because all the food is wrong C likes only candy And chocolate by the box D is just ...

The edison museum, not open to the public Its haunted towers rise into the clouds above Folks drive in from out of town To gaze in amazement when they see it J...

Eight hundred & thirteen mile car trip Eight hundred & thirteen mile car trip Four hundred and seventeen miles to go Three thousand trees Fourteen hundred buil...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes Well we gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes 'Cause all our friends are on different planet Yes all my friends are on a d...

2, 4, 6, 8 Even numbers, even numbers Every other number is an even number 2, 4, 6, 8 Who do we appreciate? 10, 12, 14, 16 Skip all the numbers in between Ski...

Hey man what r u really into huh? the elusive butterfly has just tiptoed by my door my buddy likes the yankies shesaid hey tibone wots the score i sed well regi...

The color of infinity Inside an empty glass I'm squinting my eye And turning off and on and on and off the light It's for this experimental film Which nobody k...

Exquisite dead guy Rotating in his display case Exquisite dead guy Swear I saw his mouth move Exquisite dead guy Outside my high rise apartment Exquisite dead g...

When I walk down the street, most guys look like elves I don't mean to put them down but they do It's hard to understand me from the language I use There's no w...

Fake believe, fake believe, fake believe Fake believe, fake believe, fake believe Fake believe, fake believe, fake believe F is for fake believe F is for fun, ...

Fake out Fake in Fake it to me What is fake? Fake TV Land of a thousand fake outs Fake worse than death In Buenos Aires Fake out Fake in Faker's delight Fake yo...

Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe F is for Fake-Believe F is for fun F...

The famous person has the same size water-skis as me She's got three cars, As many years as I've lived in this city Her hair is blond and mine is brown, They b...

You never write, you never call And now you wander in the hall You look familiar; I barely know your face at all We never get together at all Until the last da...

Now I know just what to do Feign amnesia How I wish it wasn't true Wish it wasn't true right now Not much quiet about reinvention Why have settled for stuff th...

Here on Fibber Island We strum rubber guitars Our friends live on Mars And we sew buttons on our cars Here on Fibber Island Our house is made of pie Our dog is...

Round, can you go around? And if you can turn around without falling down You can skate in a figure eight If you can turn, if you can go straight Turn left, go...

Everything's catching on fire Yes, everything's catching on fire Fingertips Fingertips I hear the wind blow I hear the wind blow It seems to say: "Hello, Hello,...

Flying V If you're standing underneath it, you will see when you inspect it That a flying V is made of flying geese The pointed end flies in the lead So when it...

Underneath a big clock at the corner of 5th Avenue and 22nd Street I stood in waiting for a girl I knew at the spot where we agreed to meet It was four minutes ...

Gorillas in the jungle Gazelles out in the field Goats are in the barnyard And gophers in their holes Go go go go for G Go go go go for G You'll feel glorius, g...

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...

Here in the hall of heads You look through the keyhole This is the hall of heads One step through the doorway Roll out that special head This is our favorite on...

Forsty the supervisor lives by himself Sometimes I feel sorry for him Usually I can't I've turned off my hearing aid Don't say the electric chair's not good en...

Four, three, two, one, go We all like to play in the band, uh huh We all like to play in the band, uh huh But the drummer is the heart of the band The drummer ...

(Theme to Higglytown Heroes) Here in Higglytown Things all jump around Just like the Higglytown heroes (Our heroes) They all work together Making fun together ...

Hey Everybody, Look my way! Hey Everybody, Go away! Please Please Please Please I'm Frankenberry I'm Frankenberry I'm Frankenberry I'm Frankenberry Hey Every...

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 radi...

Hi, honey, I'm home Hi, honey, I'm home How was your day? How was your day? Hi, honey, I'm home Hi, honey, I'm home Hi, honey, I'm home How was your day? How w...

Cornellius, Cornellius, I miss you, ape I miss you, ape, I miss your toffee cape I miss your toffee cape, Cornellius Cornellius, you were my favorite ape I've ...

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 pl...

Well, we gotta escape from the Planet of the Apes 'Cause all our friends are on different planet Yes, all my friends are on a different planet now Gotta escape...

Cornelius, Cornelius, I miss you ape I miss you ape I miss your toffee cape I miss your toffee cape Cornelius, Cornelius, you were my favorite ape I've got to ...

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 ...

CHORUS Hot Cha, where are you? Everybody's eyes are closed I can't see why I miss you so So Hot Cha, where are you? First time Hot Cha went away A floating isla...

Hot dog, oh no, hot dog Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggety dog Now we got ears, it's time for cheers Hot dog, hot dog, the problem's solved Hot dog, hot dog, hot di...

One, two, three, four Alright, ooh She's got her ear to the walls And she's tappin' the calls If you've got a secret boy Forget about it 'cause she's a Hotel...

Birds are calling to sing along But my window's painted shut And all that year of chorus taught me Is out of style and long forgot How can I sing like a girl A...

The shining spoons of this town All point in your direction Can you keep a secret? We can trust you, we can throw you Are you sitting on your feet? How much ca...

Juices, muffins, pasta, and cheese Milk and biscuits and cocktail sauce I am a grocery bag Salsa and pickles and organic grain I am a grocery bag Fresh coffee a...

Now broom, you must now sweep for me The dust it fills my room No, john, I will not sweep for you For I am not your broom What nonsense are you speaking, broom...