They Might Be Giants

In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle

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Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Use your eyes to look up
Use your ears to hear
Walk up up to the corner when the coast is clear
And wait and wait until you see the light turn green
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block
Use your eyes to look up
Use your ears to hear
Walk up up to the corner when the coast is clear
And wait and wait until you see the light turn green
Don't cross the street in the middle in the middle
In the middle in the middle in the middle of the block

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spacecow On Jul 22, 2002

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by beau99

19y ago

This was a 1960's PSA directed toward children, written by Vic Mizzy (the guy who wrote The Addams Family theme song). When performed in concert, TMBG would regularly dedicate it to the drunk people in the audience.

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by sgwm 13y ago

I remember this when Annette and Frankie were Mouseketeers .... that puts it as early as '57 when we had a tv I could watch.

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