Lyrics:Irving Plaza
| Irving Plaza |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Year: 2004 |
John Flansburgh: Hey everybody, how— John Linnell: Hey. JF: Hey everybody. JL: How's it goin'? JF: Very excited to be here. Ladies and gentlemen, uh, we've got a uh, we've got a— a special song we've been uh, we've been recording venue songs, uh, writing a— a new song pretty much for every one of these venues we've been performing on on the Spine Tour and we've got a song for Irving Plaza, ladies and gentlemen, New York's premiere rock nightclub. And uh, joining us is a— a native New Yorker, our monitor guy Will. Come on on stage. He is gonna be... He is in the role of Veronica to our Archies. So, uh, this song is in the key of D for people who are playing along in the audience. And um, if we look a little worried— JL: It's because we just made this song up and we're— JF: Alright, here we go fellas. JL: We're trying to remember how it goes. JF: Alright. Remember it's uh, it's all— it's all music, this one. It's all music. OK, here we go. Washington Irving Statue's disturbing Standing out here at night But I've got a job now, I've got a job now Working at the Plaza Well, not exactly Down on the sidewalk Working the dialogue Shining up my rap 'Cause I've got a job now, I've got a job now Working at the Plaza Kind of I make the merchandise at Kinko's They've got the paper and the ink so Everything looks real It's a win-win deal You've got the greenbacks I got a thick stack Got you and your friend At the Irving Plaza Irving Plaza At Irving Plaza Everybody wins At the Plaza Plaza JL: Thank you very much. Let's get Will back in his— JF: Veronica, ladies and gentlemen! |
