[ti:The Mesopotamians]
[ar:They Might Be Giants]
[al:The Else]

The Mesopotamians[00:01.07]We've been driving around
[00:04.74]From one end of this town to the other and back
[00:11.52]But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)
[00:15.26]Driving our Econoline van (And no one's ever heard of our band)
[00:18.74]And no one's ever heard of our band[00:21.06]We're the Mesopotamians
[00:25.02]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[00:30.11]Then they wouldn't understand a word we say,
[00:33.63]So we'll scratch it all down into the clay
[00:37.21]Half believing there will sometime come a day
[00:40.81]Someone gives a damn
[00:43.13]Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand[00:46.76]We're the Mesopotamians
[00:50.71]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[00:57.61]The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down
[01:03.64]And making cracks in the ground
[01:06.08]But there's nowhere else to stand
[01:10.41]In Mesopotamia, (No one's ever seen us)
[01:14.28]The kingdom where we secretly reign (And no one's ever heard of our band)
[01:17.95]The land where we invisibly rule[01:19.93]As the Mesopotamians
[01:24.01]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[01:29.04]This is my last stick of gum
[01:30.74]I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some
[01:34.75]Except for Ashurbanipal who says my haircut makes me look like a Mohenjo-daroan[01:42.53]Hey, Ashurbanipal,
[01:44.55]I'm a Mesopotamian
[01:48.24]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[01:55.35]We're the Mesopotamians
[01:59.22]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[02:06.18]"Hey, man, I thought that you were dead
[02:10.52]I thought you crashed your car"
[02:14.10]"No, man, I've been right here this whole time playing bass guitar
[02:22.36]For the Mesopotamians"[02:24.70]We're the Mesopotamians
[02:30.19]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal
[02:35.56]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh[02:42.34]We're the Mesopotamians
[02:46.28]Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh
[02:53.12]END