Lyrics:Countdown Intro
| Countdown Intro |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
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JF: Countdown to the Program... Checklist... TEN! JF: Your ten fingers reach into the air. NINE! JF: You wiggle your nine toes in anticipation. JL: Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention! They Might Be Giants have just crash-landed their glass bottom car into the control tower at Jim Bakker International Airport! EIGHT! JF: Already you've forgotten what you ate for dinner. A creeping numbness consumes you. JL: This just in: the human egg has been sighted plummeting from the sky. Scientists standing by to assure us that nothing is wrong have already been found murdered in their laboratories! SEVEN! JF: Seven members of the group They Might Be Giants have quit the band over bitter disagreements about the introduction to tonight's show. SIX! JF: You begin to feel six. JL: Flash! Professor Psychofuckup, arrested and convicted of gate-crashing the show tonight, has hung himself by his watchband in his prison cell. He is listed in perfect condition. FIVE! JF: Your five senses swell as you realize that history is not being made tonight. Rather, it is being consumed by a creeping numbness standing next to you. FOUR! JF: No one seems to know what this is for. JL: Overturned tractor trailers rubbernecking bumper to bumper! THREE! JF: Only three seconds remain until They Might Be Giants hits the stage, over and over again. TWO! JF: It's time "two" sit back and make way for the ONE! JF: band that can overcome the ZERO! JF: in their bank account. I don't mean to be the NEGATIVE ONE! JF: but you'd be NEGATIVE TWO! JF: if it weren't for the fabulous show you're about to enjoy. Ladies and gentlemen, make way for They Might Be Giants! --- 1994 TEN! Your ten fingers reach into the air. NINE! Your nine toes wiggle in anticipation. EIGHT! Already you've forgotten what you ate for dinner. SEVEN! Seven stage hands reach for the one remaining beer. SIX! You feel six. FIVE! Only five seconds remain until They Might Be Giants hits the stage, over and over again. FOUR! No one seems to know what this is for. THREE! Only three things stand between you and this evening's event, and... TWO! ...of them are huge security guards. Which mean the... ONE! ...obstacle remaining is the... ZERO! ...who's holding up this show with this countdown. I don't mean to be the... NEGATIVE ONE! ...but you'd be... NEGATIVE TWO! ...if it weren't for the fabulous show you're about to enjoy. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome They Might Be Giants! |
