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They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians (official TMBG video)

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    We've been driving around
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    From one end of this town
    to the other and back
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    But no one's ever seen us
    (No one's ever seen us)
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    Driving our Econoline van
    (And no one's ever heard of our band)
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    And no one's ever heard of our band
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    We're the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    Then they wouldn't
    understand a word we say
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    So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
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    Half believing there will
    sometime come a day
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    Someone gives a damn
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    Maybe when the concrete
    has crumbled to sand
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    We're the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    The Mesopotamish sun is beating down
    And making cracks in the ground
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    But there's nowhere else to stand
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    In Mesopotamia
    (No one's ever seen us)
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    The kingdom where we secretly reign
    (And no one's ever heard of our band)
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    The land where we invisibly rule
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    As the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    This is my last stick of gum
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    I'm going to cut it up so
    everybody else gets some
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    Except for Ashurbanipal
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    Who says my haircut makes me
    look like a Mohenjo-daren
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    Hey, Ashurbanipal
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    I'm a Mesopotamian
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    We're the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    "Hey, man, I thought
    that you were dead"
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    "I thought you crashed your car"
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    "No, man, I've been right here this
    whole time playing bass guitar
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    "For the Mesopotamians"
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    We're the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
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    We're the Mesopotamians
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    Sargon, Hammurabi,
    Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
Title:
They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians (official TMBG video)
Description:

Directed by David Cowles. From TMBGs Idlewild compilation.
Support TMBG and get the album on Amazon (http://geni.us/kHC) iTunes (http://geni.us/1Jn3) or directly from the band: http://bit.ly/2u3vZ6T
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
03:06

English subtitles

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