Lyrics:She's Actual Size (Ritz Show)
| She's Actual Size (Ritz Show) |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Year: 2001 |
JL: "Hey, um, John Flansburgh? I got a message for you. Goes like that." JF: "All right. All right." JL: "We got this whole system of - we have one symbol that means everything. Like this. It's like, y'know, 'aloha' means both hello and goodbye? It's like that." JF: "We need absolute silence, and, uh - we need the audience to be slightly emotionally unavailable for the beginning of this next song. I feel like a robot with these things. Okay. Quit laughin'." Words fail Buildings tumble The ground opens wide Light beams down from heaven She stands before my eyes She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me I've never known anybody like her She's actual size Nationwide, believe Big men Often tremble As they step aside I thought I was big once She changed my mind She's actual size, but she seems much bigger to me And I've never known anybody like her She's actual size Nationwide, believe Flipping out on the drums is Mr. Dan Hickey! Dan, Dan, Dan, this- this isn't some drum clinic at Guitar Center. These people want to see you freak out. Bongos. You forgot the bongos. She's got All the money Money couldn't buy She's stuck in my heart now Where my blood belongs She's actual size, but she seems so much bigger to me And I've never known anybody like her Actual size Nationwide, believe Her face Stands in portrait On the post office wall And she's stuck in my heart now Where my blood belongs She's actual size, but she seems so much bigger to me I've never known anybody like her Actual size Nationwide, believe John, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan, John, audience John Dan Dan JF: "We wanna introduce our band. That's Dan Miller on the electric guitar, ladies and gentlemen - aw, jeez! They turned on the warming lights from the Kentucky Fried Chicken..." |
