Lyrics:Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live)
| Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Live) |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Year: 1990 |
John Linnell: This song is called Istanbul Was Constantinople. One two one two... Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night Every gal in Constantinople Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople So if you've a date in Constantinople She'll be waiting in Istanbul Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' (the Turks'!) Da da da, da da da da da da da / ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Da da da, da da da da da da da / ohhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Da da da, da da da da da da da da da da / ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh Istanbul (Istanbul) Da da da, da da da da da da da / ohhhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Da da da, da da da da da da da / ohhhhhh ohh ohh ohh Da da da, da da da da da da da da da da / ohhhh ohh ohh ohh ohhh Istanbul (Istanbul) Even old New York Was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can't say People just liked it better that way So take me back! So take me back! No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks' (Da da da, da da da da da da) Istanbul |
