Lyric discussion by wasmuthk 

Cover art for Your Own Worst Enemy lyrics by They Might Be Giants

Has anyone thought about the line: "And the song they play Is that guy with the messed up face Going, precious and few are the moments that you And your own worst enemy share."

The Band Climax did a song called "Precious and Few" which was released in 1972. The lyrics are "Precious and few are the moments we two can share" which seems to fit.

I do not know about the messed up face part, but the lead singer of Climax, Sonny Geraci, did end up getting a cerebral arteriovenous malformation.

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