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Where Your Eyes Don't Go

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song nameWhere Your Eyes Don't Go
artistThey Might Be Giants
releasesLincoln, Lincoln Sampler, Then: The Earlier Years
year1988
first playedJun. 17, 1988 (62 known performances)
run time3:06
sung byJohn Linnell

Trivia/Info

  • John Linnell once said that this song was written about a dream he had as a child.
  • The short melody heard before the last sung stanza is from the classic American folk song "I've Been Working on the Railroad," specifically the "Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah" portion. Linnell actually sings this stanza during the melody in the song's original demo, heard on The Frank O'Toole Show in 1987.
  • British author (and TMBG fan) Terry Pratchett said that this song was the scariest he's ever heard.

Song Themes

Body Parts, Dreams, Heads, In Back, Kingdom Of Loathing Reference, Not In 4-4 Time, Questions, Recursion, References To Other Songs Or Musicians

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