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For the two songs in me and the third one I just made | For the two songs in me and the third one I just made | ||
| − | A rich man once told me | + | A rich man once told me, "Hey, life's a funny thing" |
| − | "Hey, life's a funny thing" | + | A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak |
| − | A poor man once told me | + | Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak |
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| − | Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak | + | |
| − | + | 'Cause there's just two songs in me and I just wrote the third | |
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words | Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words | ||
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave | Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave | ||
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made | For the two songs in me and the third one I just made | ||
| − | So I went to the President | + | So I went to the President, and I asked old what's-his-name |
| − | + | Has he ever gotten writer's block, or something like the same | |
| − | Has he ever gotten writer's block | + | He just started talking like he was on TV |
| − | + | "If there's just two songs in ya, boy, whaddaya want from me?" | |
| − | He just started talking | + | |
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| − | "If there's just two songs in ya, boy | + | |
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| − | So I bought myself some denim pants | + | So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar |
| − | + | But I politely told the ladies, "You'll still have to call me Sir | |
| − | But I politely told the ladies | + | Because I have to keep my self-respect - I'll never be a star |
| − | "You'll still have to call me Sir | + | Since there's just two songs in me, and this is Number Three" |
| − | Because I have to keep my self-respect | + | |
| − | I'll never be a star | + | |
| − | Since there's just two songs in me | + | |
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Revision as of 17:10, 9 January 2015
| Number Three |
| By: They Might Be Giants |
| Year: 1986 |
There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave For the two songs in me and the third one I just made A rich man once told me, "Hey, life's a funny thing" A poor man once told me that he can't afford to speak Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'Cause there's just two songs in me and I just wrote the third Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave For the two songs in me and the third one I just made So I went to the President, and I asked old what's-his-name Has he ever gotten writer's block, or something like the same He just started talking like he was on TV "If there's just two songs in ya, boy, whaddaya want from me?" So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar But I politely told the ladies, "You'll still have to call me Sir Because I have to keep my self-respect - I'll never be a star Since there's just two songs in me, and this is Number Three" |
