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Author: They Might Be Giants
Sung by: John Flansburgh
Length: 2:36
On Albums: They Might Be Giants, Then: The Earlier Years, Don't Let's Start

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                                                                      I    was

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born      in a      lighthouse, my      mother was the      sea            I
crawled to school each morning   when   it occurred to      me             That

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life's just a       mood ring     we're not allowed    to   see            and

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this is   what it   said           to   me:                           My

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room's comfortably  small     with      rubber lining the   walls   and there's

Bm                  E                   A
someone always      calling    my       name                          he

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calls when I'm alone         and   he   calls when I'm not  home      and  he

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calls when I'm stuck out in       the   rain                          I'm  in-

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sane                                                                  I'm  in-


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