They Might Be Giants

Fibber Island

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Here on Fibber Island we strum rubber guitars
Our friends live on Mars and we sew buttons on our cars
Here on Fibber Island our house is made of pie
Our dog is two miles wide and all he talks about is pie
Here on Fibber Island we swim on the ground
Wheels are square not round
We eat chocolate by the pound
Here on Fibber Island no one sings along
We just ride giraffes and wear bicycles for hats
To get to Fibber Island you just close your eyes
Start fibbing in your mind and see what you can find
Here on Fibber Island we hide mittens in our hair
You might need to stare to see the mittens in our hair
Come to Fibber Island and strum rubber guitars
Meet our friends from Mars and sew buttons on our cars

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spacecow On Jul 04, 2002

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by Nigel

21y ago

It was a sort of homage by Linnell (I believe) to children's albums in times past in which "lying creatively" was the whimsical subject.

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