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Thunderbird

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song nameThunderbird
artistThey Might Be Giants
albumDial-A-Song, The Spine, TMBG Clock Radio
year2004
first playedMar. 13, 1999 (27 known performances)
run time2:38
sung byJohn Linnell

[edit] Trivia/Info

  • This song has made appearances at live shows since 1999. It was hinted by the Johns that it would be on 2001's Mink Car, but it wasn't actually released until The Spine in 2004.
  • You can also hear it sung "backwards" on On Earth My Nina.
  • The lyric "We'll have fun, fun, fun until T-Bird takes her dad away" plays on the lyrics to Fun, Fun, Fun by the Beach Boys.

[edit] Song Themes

Addiction, Compulsion, Backwards, Drinking, Falling, Forgetting, Remembering, I Am, Oblique Cliches Or Idiom, Questions, Recycled Material, References To Other Songs Or Musicians, Relatives, Super-Human Qualities, Transportation

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