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PERFORMING ARTISTS
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
Performer
Graham Maby
Graham Maby
Bass Guitar
Brian Doherty
Brian Doherty
Drums
Eric Schemerhorn
Eric Schemerhorn
Electric Guitar
John Flansburgh
John Flansburgh
Vocals
John Linnell
John Linnell
Vocals
Steve Light
Steve Light
Vibraphone
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
Producer
Pat Dillett
Pat Dillett
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Down, down, down you go
No way to stop
As you fall, hear me call
No, no, no
[Verse 2]
Listen to this warning and
Consider these
Simple words of advice
Stop, stop, stop
[Verse 3]
Fogging the view, cupping face to the window
In darkness you make out a spiraling shape
Putting all reason aside, you exchange
What you got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange
[Verse 4]
The spiraling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
[Verse 5]
And nobody knows what it's really like
But everyone says it's great
And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes
[Verse 6]
This could lead to excellence
Or serious injury
Only one way to know
Go, go, go
[Verse 7]
Go ahead, wreck your life
That might be good
Who can say what's wrong or right?
Nobody can
[Verse 8]
Put out your hands and you fall through the window
And clawing at nothing, you drop through the void
Your terrified screams are inaudible, drowned
In the spiral ahead and consumed in the shape
[Verse 9]
The spiraling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
[Verse 10]
And now that you've tried it, you're back to report
That the spiraling shape was a fraud and a fake
You didn't enjoy it, you never believed it
There won't be a refund, you'll never go back
[Verse 11]
The spiraling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
[Verse 12]
And nobody knows what it's really like
But everyone says it's great
And they heard it from the spiral in their eyes (Spiral in their eyes)
[Verse 13]
Fogging the view, cupping face to the window
In darkness you make out a spiraling shape
Putting all reason aside, you exchange
What you got for a thing that's hypnotic and strange
[Verse 14]
The spiraling shape will make you go insane
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
But everyone wants to see that groovy thing
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
[Verse 15]
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
[Verse 16]
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
(Everyone wants to see that groovy thing)
Don't spend the rest of your life wondering
(Everyone wants to see that thing)
Written by: They Might Be Giants
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