1.We're The Replacements
Vocal：John Linnell／John Flansburgh
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
2.When It Rains It Snows
Vocal：John Flansburgh
There's a knock at the door that I adore
There's a face at the window, a smiling yellow face
There's a knock at the door
And if I were at home they'd find me there
There's a note on the door that I would see
And the furniture's barely been moved from where it was
There's a note on the door
And the note would say when it rains it snows
When it rains it snows, I wonder why
And now I know that when it rains it snows
There's a nut with a shotgun bang bang bang
There's a doctor, a waitress, a fireman with a hat
There's a nut with a gun
There's enough so they'll never know which one
When it rains it snows, I wonder why
And now I know that when it rains it snows
3.The Famous Polka
Vocal：John Flansburgh／John Linnell
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
Notes
This song is often played without lyrics when done live.
4.Doris Cunningham
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.
5.For Science
Vocal：John Linnell／John Flansburgh／Lt.Anne Moore
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!
6.The Biggest One
Vocal：John Flansburgh
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
7.Kiss Me, Son Of God(Alternate Version)
Vocal：John Linnell／John Flansburgh
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, 'Kiss me, Son of God'
I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect
Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye
Now I laugh and make a fortune
Off the same ones that I tortured
And a world screams, 'Kiss me, Son of God'
I look like Jesus, so they say
But Mr. Jesus is very far away
Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true
That you love me and I love me
I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage
Called the blood of the exploited working class
But they've overcome their shyness
Now they're calling me Your Highness
And a world screams, 'Kiss me, Son of God'
Yes a world screams, 'Kiss me, Son of God'
Notes
The 'alternate version,' which is sung live, drops the last
line.
8.Mr. Klaw
Vocal：John Flansburgh
A claw is a claw
And, and, and nobody has seen a, a talking claw
Nobody has seen a talking claw
Unless, unless that claw is the famous, the famous
Unless that claw is the famous
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
Mr. Klaw
(Mr. Klaw) Mr. Vanity Klaw
(Mr. Klaw) Mr. Lightning Bulb
(Mr. Klaw) Mr. Vanity Klaw
(Mr. Klaw) Mr. Dental Flaw
(Mr. Klaw) Mr. Vanity Klaw
9.Critic Intro
'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!
10.Now That I Have Everything
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
11.Mainstream U.S.A.
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 the Then 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
12.Fake Out In Buenos Aires
Fake out
Fake in
Fake it to me
What is fake？
Fake T.V.
Land of a thousand fake outs
Fake worse than death
In Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires
Fake out
Fake in
Faker's delight
Fake your claim
Fake around the clock
Winner fake all
Three fakes, you're out
In Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires
13.Greek #3
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, some things 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'
14.Hope That I Get Old Before I Die
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
Notes
The 'Original Version' of this song on Then omits the last line
of the second-to-last chorus and the entire last chorus.
15.I'm Def(Demo)
Vocal：John Flansburgh／John Linnell
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＊
Notes
＊The last lines are omitted in the Then： The Earlier Years
recording.
16.Don't Let's Start(Demo)
Vocal：John Linnell
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 got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
When you are alone you are the cat, you are the phone
You are an animal
The words I'm singing now
Mean nothing more than meow to an animal
Wake up and smell the cat food in your bank account
But don't try to stop the tail that wags the hound
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture？
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 got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is
beautiful
Everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful
They want what they're not and I wish they would stop saying,
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
Deputy dog dog a ding dang depadepa
D, world destruction
Over and overture
N, do I need
Apostrophe T, need this torture？
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 got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
I don't want to live in this world anymore
I don't want to live in this world
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 got a weak heart
And I don't get around how you get around
17.'85 Radio Special Thank You
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 Be Giants.
In January, Bill began at a new school.
Everyone liked him, And he likes everything.
In March, we were all trapped deep inside a subway car racing
down tracks going faster and much faster untin they never let us
out a full ten blocks later. In April, we all sang a duet with
Tina Turner. In a way it was nice, and it was our favorite song.
But we spent the entire summer resting up, looking for some
vital link missing in the big picture. Bill said he had found
it, but in fact he had lost it. Well, in September Bill chipped
a tooth skyriding far above the Planet Earth. And then came the
end of the year when we were on our very last radio show,
which we are glad that you have become a part of.
Thank you for listening to They Might Be Giants.
We do have a Dial-a-Song service at 718-387-6962.
Service at 718-387-6962. Thank you.
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