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| They Might Be Giants – The Famous Polka Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Obviously about a guy that is obsessed with a celebrity girl and is trying to rationalize why they would be perfect for each other, but realizes it can never happen. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Birds Fly Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Perhaps it's getting bisted and selling out your friends to avoid the rap. "The colorful spell..." being a plea bargain. But he feels bad and his karma is screwed up because of it. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Purple Toupee Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Additionally I think the purple toupee and gold lame referrence is to the selling out of the progressive 60 movements to modern consumerism and fashion obsession. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Purple Toupee Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think it is a statement about rivisionist history and how events that are very important and significant to one generation becomes just a bunch of disconnected facts to that generations children. |
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| They Might Be Giants – Hot Cha Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I think this song in about Che Guevara.
The floating item being Cuba. The phone ringing off the hook refers to his calling in life beckoning him to spread the revolution beyond Cuba.
"The second time he went away..." referring to him turning his attention to other parts of the world while his birthplace Argetina is a political shambles that could have use a charasmatic figure such as himself. |
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