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"If there's just two songs in ya, boy, whaddaya want from me?" | "If there's just two songs in ya, boy, whaddaya want from me?" | ||
So I bought myself some denim pants and a silver guitar | 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, "You'll still have to call me Sir | ||
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Since there's just two songs in me, and this is Number Three" | Since there's just two songs in me, and this is Number Three" | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 10 August 2022
| 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" |
