They got lost [They Might Be Giants]


This is a little compilation of rare tracks by TMBG. There are a few good tracks on here if you're a Giants fan, but even if you are you'll have to admit that a lot of these tracks were best left in the ether from whence they came.

1	Rest awhile
2	Truth in your hands
3	On the drag
4	All alone
5	Down to the bottom of the sea
6	I'm sick (of this american life)
7	Words are like (demo)
8	I am a human head
9	Oranges
10	Empty bottle blues
11	They got lost
12	Reprehensible
13	Rat patrol
14	The army's tired now
15	Certain people I could name
16	Theme to McSweeney's
17	Dollar for dollar
18	Mosh Momken Abadon
19	Token back to Brooklyn
20	Disappointing show
21	Oranges testimonial
Overall Rating 40%

Track 01
Rest awhile [They Might Be Giants]
I got rid of my jackets and coats
I threw out all of my pants
I got sick of my stinkin' clothes
I had to get rid of them
I'm knot yet considering replacing them
I'm only glad to be rid of them

Rest awhile
Rest awhile

I lay out in the sun too long
And burned off all of my skin
I felt so dizzy I got into the car
And got into an accident
Out of the burning wreckage I fell
Wanting only to lay where I fell

Rest awhile
Rest awhile
Rest awhile!

I became friendly with Ruy Lopez
The author of works on chess
Ruy 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


Track 02
Truth in your words [They Might Be Giants]
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


Track 03
On the drag [They Might Be Giants]
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


Track 04
All alone [They Might Be Giants]

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"

Track 05
Down to the bottom of the sea [They Might Be Giants]

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

Track 06
I'm sick (of this american life) [They Might Be Giants]


Track 07
Words are like (demo) [They Might Be Giants]


Track 08
I am a human head [They Might Be Gaints]
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 scalp
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?



Track 09
Oranges [They Might Be Giants]


Track 10
Empty bottle blues [They Might Be Giants]


Track 11
They got lost [They Might Be Giants]
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 'B', 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


Track 12
Reprehensible [They Might Be Giants]
Each night I lie awake
Completely alone
A voice is speaking, 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 shadows 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
Indefensible
Reprehensible
Night after night the voice recites my misdeeds
And puts me to sleep
And tells me I won't
Remember a thing

When morning comes at last
I rub my eyes
Forgetting everything 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


Track 13
Rat patrol [They Might Be Giants]
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


Track 14
The army's tired now [They Might Be Giants]


Track 15
Certain people I could name [They Might Be Giants]
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 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 30 minutes
Halfway 'round the world
Here's the story of the genocidal overlord
In her palace with her epaulettes
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 he so like certain people I could name?


Track 16
Theme to McSweeney's [They Might Be Giants]


Track 17
Dollar for dollar [They Might Be Giants]


Track 18
Mosh Momken Abadon [They Might Be Giants]


Track 19
Token back to Brooklyn [They Might Be Giants]
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


Track 20
Disappointing show [They Might Be Giants]


Track 21
Oranges testimonial [They Might Be Giants]