1.Rest A While
I got rid of my jackets and coats, I threw out all of my pants
I got sick of my stinking clothes, I had to get rid of them
I'm not yet considering replacing them, I'm only glad to be rid
of them and
Rest a while, rest a while
I lay out in the sun too long, and burned off all of my skin
I felt so dizzy I got into my car and got into an accident
Out of the burning wreckage I fell only wanting to lay where I
fell and
Rest a while, rest a while
Rest a while!
I became friendly with Ruy Lopez the author of works on chess
Ruy had said you're incorrect, he cut me off and acted mad
He won't even talk to me now but i don't care cause I'm sick of
that guy and I need to
Rest a while, rest a while
Rest a while, rest a while
2.Truth In Your Words
Erstwhile and estranged, I know I'm one in a long chain
I came to get my mini-bike returned
Same old bad times, I know they're one in a long line
I came to get my mini-bike returned
And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
From hard times spent with you
And I know there's truth in your words
Buried inside of your words
Yeah I've learned a thing or two
From hard times spent with you
3.On The Drag
You're only happy when you're sad
You're top fueled and you're bad
Parachute in your back pack and
Your knees under your chin
And your boyfriend's getting mad
At all the time you waste
Trying to put your finger on it
The allure of St. Marks place
On the drag, on the drag
You're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back
On the drag, on the drag
It's a genuine disaster
And it's come to make you king
On the drag
'I won't die until I'm dead,'
Are the first words that he said
Don't try to interrupt him,
'Cause he's never gonna stop
And the time is standing still
With all this time to kill
And I'm trying to walk away
From 1st Avenue to A
On the drag, on the drag
It's a genuine disaster
And we've crowned him with his crown
On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back
On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting 'round for something
And it's never coming back
On the drag, on the drag
We're all waiting for disaster
And we crowned him with his crown
On the drag
4.All Alone
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 expelled a
germ
That accidentally found its way aboard and stowed away
For three years it remained undetected on the moon
It was the only living creature there：
'I'm all alone
I'm all alone
Behold the mystery that is me'
Then one day the scientists recovered all their gear
Excited by the prospect of unearthly things inside
They found, to their astonishment, a living thing within
It seemed to bear good tidings from somewhere in outer space：
'You're not alone
You're not alone
Behold the mystery that is me'
Soon they figured out the heinous error they had made
And now the earthly germ had something else it seemed to say：
'We're all alone
We're all alone
Behold the mystery
Behold the mystery.'
5.Down To The Bottom Of The Sea
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 down
Down down down
Down down down
Down to the bottom of the sea.
6.I'm Sick(Of This American Life)
Screw kid I got nothing to say
Quit bugging me, go away
High time you realized
I didn't come here to socialize
I'm sick, sick of this american life
And I've learned the value of human sacrifice
I like staring at two glass eyes
Keep them stuffed, museum style
Got alarms set all around
In case they move around
I'm sick, sick of this american life
And I've learned the value of human sacrifice
7.Words Are Like
Words are like
The middle class
A drinking glass
A mask
Words are like
A Spanish town
A wedding gown
A crown
Words are like
A happy dream
A racing team
A wooden beam
A seam
Words are like
A rusty nail
A minor scale
A snail
Words are like
A postcard stamp
A highway ramp
A cramp
Words are like
Kaleidoscopes
The taste of soap
A billy goat
A coat
Words are like
A teenage star
A prison guard
A faded scar
A car
8.I Am A Human Head
I'm a human head
And my best friend is also a head
I don't really need my best friend
Now my friend is gone
And I'm only a head by myself
I find I don't need my whole head
Now I'm just the top of a head
Just the scalp and the hair
I don't like the scalp, just the hair
What do I really need？
Best friend, also a head
Just the head, just the scalp
Hair
Friend, no
Head, no
Scalp, no
Hair
I am only one human hair
With no scalp for a home
All I need's the top of a head
Now all I am is just a skull
I don't have any head
I'd be glad if I had a head
Now I have a head look at me
I'm a fine floating head
Where is my friend, the other head？
9.Oranges
Oranges, oranges,
Oranges and graphic design.
The Chopping Block spends their days, growing
Oranges, and picking oranges,
Then working on graphic design.
The Chopping Block works all the time!
We work the day shift, and
We work the night shift, and
We work the grave yard shift!
Oranges, oranges,
Oranges and graphic design.
The Chopping Block spends their days, growing
Oranges, and picking oranges,
Then working on graphic design.
The Chopping Block's working all the time.
10.Empty Bottle Blues
(Instrumental)
11.They Got Lost
Vocal：John Linnell
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 in 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 said, Hey, no its not
It's a crumpled up wrapper from the fast food that we got
I heard They Might Be somewhere in 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. Hey 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
Driving around
Driving around
They're still driving around
12.Reprehensible
Vocal：John Linnell
Each night I lie awake
Completely alone
A voice is calling, and I tremble
For it's not my own
My own
I can't ignore it
Although I try
The intrusive whisper fascinates me
Here's why
Here's why
The secrets gather 'round as the voice recites
The secret history of my immortal soul
Indestructable
Indefensible
Reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts
The record of my
Unspeakable crimes
In previous lives
In previous times
Indelibly stains
The pages of history
Indestructible
Indefensable
Reprehensible
Night after night a voice recites my misdeeds
And puts me to sleep
But tells me that I
Won't remember a thing
When morning comes at last
I rub my eyes
Remember nothing and thinking
Only of my plans
My plans
The world is spinning 'round and I'm on the top
And nothing in the world can ever make me stop
Indestructible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
10,000 years of unerasable acts
And permanent facts
And only I know
Who's responsible
Indefensible
Reprehensible
Me
13.Rat Patrol
Vocal：John Linnell
Moths beat on the windowpane
Telling me I'm not the same
Sounds of nothing, sounds of fear
Speak to me when no one's near
I'm on Rat Patrol
I'm on Rat Patrol
Well, those disappear inside
Floorboards creak and footsteps heard
Headlights turn into the drive
Then disappear into the night
I'm on Rat Patrol
I'm on Rat Patrol
Notes
The Flansburgh version of the song had an altered verse
structure but the same lyrics.
14.The Army's Tired Now
The army's tired now,
Tired of swinging its giant arms
The army's tired now
Tired of waiting on the couch
And it's so sad
All its defenders have moved along
And it's so sad
The army's good times have all gone.
15.Certain People I Could Name
The few surviving samurai survey the battlefield
Count the arms, the legs and heads and then divide by 5
Drenched in blood they move across the screen
Do I need to point or do you see the one I mean
The one in back, the way he acts
Is he reminding you of anyone we know
Isn't he so like certain people I could name
Halfway through the thirty minutes
Halfway round the world
Here's the story on the genocidal overlord
In the palace with her epilettes
Watch her little gestures as she lights her cigarette
Look at her, you must see it too
Is she reminding you of anyone we know
Isn't she so like certain people I could name
Disembodied and detached a voice describes the scene
As a lizard stalks a helpless creature on TV
Music underscores the tragedy
Eyes with no expression watch the unsuspecting prey
Who is it like, doesn't it strike
You as the very image of someone we know
Isn't it so like certain people--how could anybody miss
The obvious and the uncanny and the clear resemblance
Isn't it just like certain people I could name
16.Theme To Mcsweeney's
(Instrumental)
17.Dollar For Dollar
Dollar for dollar
Invest in the past.
18.Mosh Momken Abadon
19.Token Back To Brooklyn
The token back to Brooklyn fell between the grating
And we're just watching it sinking
The fare went up to one hundred dollars
And we can never go home again
The bill collector's drinking lighter fluid
And says he'll tell our parents
Our feet start running at a furious pace
But we can't get away
Notes
The Dial-a-Song demo version (sometimes called 'Get Away')：
Get away
Get away
The token back to Brooklyn fell between the grating
And we're just watching it sinking
The fare went up to one hundred dollars
And we can never go home again
The fare collector's drinking lighter fluid
And claims he killed our parents
Our feet start running at a furious pace
But we can't get away
20.Disappointing Show
'This, uh, song. This song is called other show. Other kind of
show. It's called 'Disappointing Show.''
Disappointing show
I saw it
Disappointing show
Man those guys blow
Disappointing show
Get your shit together
Disappointing show
Man those guys blow
'On the drums, Mr. Joseph Stalin on the drums, ladies and
gentlemen, man. Some other guy on the bass. Check him out. Whoa!
Slow down, slow down. Oh, on the guitar, yeah, that's... play
it, son. Yeah.'
Disappointing show, yeah
Man, those guys blow
I tried to sing along
Then it all went wrong
Disappointing show
Then the next song came on
That's when it all went wrong
And the PA fell on the crowd
Then the cops came
And took us away
For an extended period of questioning about the PA
What went wrong？
Should've rehearsed more
And talked about the song sequence
Disappointing show
'Ladies and gentlemen!'
'Ladies and gentlemen...'
21.Oranges Testimonial
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You might know me better as one of the guys from They Might Be
Giants.
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Oranges, oranges
Oranges and graphic design
The Chopping Block spends their time growing
Oranges, picking oranges
Then working on graphic design
The Chopping Block works all the time, all the time.
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