Presidents

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A number of They Might Be Giants songs mention US presidents.

Ant - "someday that ant will grow up to be president"
Au Contraire - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Cells - Dwight David Eisenhower
Cyclops Rock (Demo) - "I'm sick like Nixon was sick" (changed to Chucky on the album)
Fernando Wood - "If President Lincoln considers this an act of war..."
Ike Was A Handsome Man - "Ike" was a nickname of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Possibly referring to him?
My Evil Twin - "Who cut the arms off the voodoo doll that resembles a Republican president from long ago"
Number Three - "So I went to the president, and I asked old what's-his-name...he just started talking like he was on TV. 'If there's just two songs in you boy, what do you want from me?'"
Purple Toupee
- jumbled reference to Kennedy, "I remember the book depository where they crowned the King of Cuba"
- jumbled reference to Lyndon Johnson, "someone put their finger in the President's ear and it wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's Wax"
Rhythm Section Want Ad - Includes an Oblique Cliche of a Teddy Roosevelt quote.
The Guitar - Both the Outer Planet Mix and the Even Further Outer Planer Mix include samples (or is it just re-enactment?) of Nixon's phone call to Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Transcript of the call.
Violin - "Three quarters of George Washington's head..."

It's President's Day!

Ana Ng - a glass with JFK's image in the video.
The Australian Ana Ng single cover features a wrap-around photo of the Johns at the Lincoln Memorial.
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett (In Outer Space) - JFK presents Davy with a medal.
Brooklyn - There's a president, but of a different sort: "he's borough president."
Experimental Film - In the H*R video, little animated Washingtons and Lincolns.
(She Was A) Hotel Detective - a bust of Lincoln in the video.
State Of The Union - though not referencing a president, but an annual speech the president gives.
Venue Songs (DVD/CD) - A picture of Thomas Jefferson appears on the DVD Case and on the desk of The Deranged Millionaire.
They Might Be Giants Friday Night Family Podcast - In the episode Number Two released February 15, 2008, The puppet Johns are dressed as president Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.