They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
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They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
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[Verse 1]
A woman came up to me and said
"I'd like to poison your mind
With wrong ideas that appeal to you
Though I am not unkind"
She looked at me, I looked at something
Written across her scalp
And these are the words that it faintly said
As I tried to call for help:
[Chorus]
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you
Be what you're like
Be like yourself
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark
[Verse 2]
A man came up to me and said
"I'd like to change your mind
By hitting it with a rock," he said
"Though I am not unkind"
We laughed at his little joke
And then I happily walked away
And hit my head on the wall of the jail
Where the two of us live today
[Chorus]
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you
Be what you're like
Be like yourself
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark
[Chorus]
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you
Be what you're like
Be like yourself
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling, whistling
Whistling in the dark
[Outro]
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Whistling in the Dark was written by John Linnell & John Flansburgh.
Whistling in the Dark was produced by They Might Be Giants.
They Might Be Giants released Whistling in the Dark on Mon Jan 15 1990.
John Flansburgh:
The bass drum sound was something we actually worked on for quite a while in the studio and we weren’t so happy with it even in the end — but I think in our imaginations even an atomic blast would have been too small. We actually recorded it and possibly sampled it so we could retr...