Maybe I Know

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Illustration from the Long Tall Weekend liner notes

song name	Maybe I Know
artist	They Might Be Giants
album	Stumpbox, Long Tall Weekend
year	1999
first played	Sep. 28, 1988 (141 known performances)
run time	2:04
sung by	John Flansburgh and John Linnell

From the Summer 1999 Info Club newsletter: "This beloved cover of the Lesley Gore hit from the '60s has been in the John's repertoire since the very beginning. Often an encore selection, it is now finally available to y'all. One of the few songs that the band busked with (along with 'Cowtown' and 'Alienation's For The Rich') on the Brooklyn Heights promenade."
According to the Johns from a live show, they played "Maybe I Know" during one street performance in the 1980s. After the song finished, a woman approached them and said to them, "My grandmother wrote that song," and gave them $20. The Johns then stopped playing, and bought lunch with the $20.

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