1. |
Fibber Island
01:25
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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 two miles wide
And all he talks about is pie
Here on fibber island
We swim on the ground
Wheels are square not round
We eat chocolate by the pound
Here on fibber island (here on fibber island)
No one sings along (no one sings along)
We just ride giraffes (we just ride giraffes)
And wear bicycles for hats (bicycles for hats)
To get to fibber island (oooooh)
You just close your eyes (oooooh)
Start fibbing in your mind (oooooh)
And see what you can find (oooooh)
Here on fibber island
We hide mittens in our hair
You might need to stare
To see the mittens in our hair
Come to fibber island
And strum rubber guitars
Meet our friends from Mars
And sew buttons on our cars
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2. |
Mrs. Train
02:00
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I don't want to be first in line to see Mrs. Train
I expect that it doesn't matter to Mrs. Train
Being comfortable with yourself and being patient and taking your time
Are the things that Mrs. Train can understand
I've never seen a train like this before
But then again, there's never been
A train like this before like Mrs. Train
And someone's got to be the one to declare
That they want to be next in line to see Mrs. Train
But I don't want to be first in line to see Mrs. Train
I expect that it doesn't matter to Mrs. Train
Being patient and taking your time are things a train can understand
And I'll be happy when I finally take her hand
There's never been a train like this before
Someone's got to be the one
At the head of the line to first see Mrs. Train
But I'm not in any rush to head the line
And so the line has a missing head
And I don't want to be first in line to see the missing head
I expect that it doesn't matter to the missing head
Being patient and taking your time are things that a head can understand
And I'll be happy when I finally take its hand
There's never been a head like this before
Someone's got to be the one
At the head of the line to first see the missing head
But I'm not in any rush to head the line
And so the line has a missing head
And I don't want to be first in line to see the missing head (missing head)
I expect that it doesn't matter to the missing head (missing head)
Being patient and taking your time are things that a head can understand
And I'll be happy when I finally take its hand
And I don't want to be first in line to see the missing head (missing head)
I expect that it doesn't matter to the missing head (missing head)
Being patient and taking your time are things that a head can understand
And I'll be happy when I finally take its hand
I don't want to be first in line to see the missing head (missing head)
I expect that it doesn't matter to the missing head (missing head)
Being patient and taking your time are things that a head can understand
And I'll be happy when I finally take its hand
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3. |
2082
01:52
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Draw the curtain, look, you're only sleeping
Or is this only what the other you is dreaming?
Either way
Hard to take
Ashen features unmistakably your own
Familiar posture, recast in skin and bone
Person from today, here is you
In 2082
Remove your helmet, first equalize the pressure
No, but first, take readings to be sure
The atmosphere is safe
Yes, it's safe
As the ancient one cranes his neck to look
You see his hand's been replaced with a hook
But it's clear you're very much alive
It's 2105
No, it's 2240
No, it's 3415
How can you still be living?
What does this mean?
You must honor and respect the older fellow
Even as you suffocate him with his pillow
Though you're strong
He was wise
There is much you can learn from the sage
And though you'll leave and travel back to your own age
You will meet again, you two
In 2082
What was the look he gave intended to convey?
Was there something else he was trying to say?
It will all be revealed to you
In 2082
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4. |
No One Knows My Plan
02:44
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In my prison cell I think these words
I was careless
I can see that now
I must be silent
Must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
You my mirror
You my iron bars
When I made a shadow on my window shade
They called the police and testified
But they're like the people chained up in the cave
In the allegory of the people in the cave by the Greek guy
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
In my prison cell I bide my time
Always thinking
Always busy cooking up an angle
Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle
Sketching out the burning autumn leaves
No one understands
No one knows my plan
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
You my mirror
You my iron bars
No one understands
No one knows my plan
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5. |
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stanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
(Oh) every gal in Constantinople
(Oh) lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
(Oh) so if you've a date in Constantinople
(Oh) 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'
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhhhh ohh ohh ohh
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo / ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Even old New York
Was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
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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6. |
Dinner Bell
01:58
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I've been leaving on my things
So in the morning when the morning bird sings
There's still dinner on my dinner
Jacket till the dinner bell rings
Experimental dog
(I-I re-re-heat-heat my-my soup-soup)
Salivating dog
(give-give it-it a-a good-good look-look)
Good dog
(and-and walk-walk a-a way)
Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the dinner bell)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ring
I've been leaving on my things
So in the morning when the morning bird sings
There's still dinner on my dinner
Jacket till the dinner bell rings
I don't want a pizza, I don't want a piece of
(experimental dog)
Peanut brittle, I don't want a pear
I don't want a bagel, I don't want a bean I
(salivating dog)
Wouldn't like a bag of beef or a beer or a
Cup of chowder, corn, cake, or creamed cauliflower cause I'm
(good dog)
Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the dinner bell)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ring
Shoulder, bicep, elbow, arm
Forearm, thumb, wrist, knuckle, palm
Middle, pinky, index, ring
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding
I don't know whether I'd rather be having a bottle of vinegar
(experimental dog)
I don't know whether I'd rather be having an egg
I don't know whether I'd rather be having an order of bacon
(salivating dog)
Or whether I'd rather be having a basket of garlic bread
I don't know whether I'd rather be having some pie or
(good dog)
Saving my appetite 'cause I'm
Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the dinner bell)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ring
I've been leaving on my things
(I've been leaving on)
So in the morning when the morning bird sings
(the morning)
There's still dinner on my dinner
(on my)
Jacket till the dinner bell does the bell thing
Dinner bell, dinner bell, do the bell thing
I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the ding)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding ding ding
Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the ding)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding ding ding
Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing
(waiting for the ding)
Dinner bell, dinner bell, ding
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7. |
Black Ops
03:15
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Black ops
Black ops
A holiday for secret cops
Black ops
Black ops
Dropping presents from the helicopter
It's been a long year
We've been so far from home
Too many people here
Here come the drones
We take the best of it
And make a mess of it
Ripping up some lawn
And then we're gone
Black sites
Black sites
A thousand miles from day or night
Black sites
Black sites
The story will remain unwritten
Before we make you gone
You'd best be running on
Stick to the music, child
Don't get us riled
Hey, there's a spot we missed
I see a Communist
And there's another one
And his dumb son
Black ops
Black ops
Little vials filled with knock-out drops
Black ops
Black ops
Maybe leave you in your old gym locker
A thousand miles from day or night
A story told before rewriting
There's a passport here
But it could disappear
Tarmac to landing pad
Don't look so sad
We fly to Amsterdam
And in a little bit
We'll sing our special song
And this is it
He'll be standing when the music stops
We're not worrying about the optics
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8. |
Snowball In Hell
02:45
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Avalanche or roadblock
I was a snowball in hell
Avalanche or roadblock
A jailor 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 30, 45 minutes maybe. Why do you ask?"
"You must be making a lot of sales, piling up a good income."
"Oh... uh... I'm doing all right.
I could do better, but... Ohohoho - 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 jailor 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
Yes, I was a snowball in hell
Yes, I was a snowball in hell
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9. |
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Mr. Horrible
Mr. Horrible
Telephone call for Mr. Horrible
But before he can talk to the Ugliness Men
There's some horrible business left
For him to attend to
Something unpleasant has spilled on his brain
As he sponges it off they say
"Is this Horrible?
Is this Horrible?
It's the Ugliness Men, Mr. Horrible
We're just trying to bug you
We thought that our dreadfulness
Might be a thing to annoy you with"
But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"
"Would you mind if we balance this glass of milk
Where your visiting friend accidentally was killed?
Would it be okay with you if we wrote a reminder
Of things we'll forget to do today otherwise,
Using a green Magic Marker, if it's alright
On the back of your head?"
"Mr. Horrible
Mr. Horrible
We're not done with you yet, Mr. Horrible
You have to try on these pants so the Ugliness Men
Can decide if they're just as embarrassing as we think
We have to be sure about this"
But Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"
Someone keeps moving my chair
Mr. Horrible says, "I don't mind
The thing that bothers me is
Someone keeps moving my chair"
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10. |
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Up at dawn and sleepy and yawning
Still the taste of wine
Then I remember you're mine and
I've got a world that's fine
What's before me? Routines that bore me
Punch the clock at 8
But what a lucky guy I am
I've got a world that's great
Atom bombs
Cape Canaveral and false alarms
Half the universe is up in arms
So I flip a little do until I'm holding you
What's the hassle? I'll buy the castle
We can live like kings
If we're together forever
I've got a world that
You've got a world that
We've got a world that swings
I'd like to take you on this wild, wonderful venture
Fly like a kite through space -- no strings
I don't want to lose that bell that rings
I've got a world that
You've got a world that
We've
Got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings) We've got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings) We've got a world that swings
(We've got a world that swings) We've got a world that swings
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11. |
The TMBG Medley!
15:32
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