They Might Be Giants - Sleeping In The Flowers Lyrics

I don't know why but when he says "he showed me how" it sounds so good and it sends shivers down my spine

Seems to be a real nod to Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me by The Smiths in the slow parts.

A ride home with a drunk guy? Naw, you just had a NyQuil driver. 🙃

I love this so much... I love TMBG so much... they are my music teachers and my son's music godfathers

This is my favorite song on the album.

I got a crush
Copy shop clerk
But she won't look up at me
Don't want to be known as the freak
Who just comes around to catch her eye

We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I'd proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor
With just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned

I got a ride
Home with a drunk guy
How ungrateful I must have seemed
He showed me how
To spin my head round and round

We could be sleeping in the flowers
We could sleep all afternoon
You'd proclaim that you're an island
I'd proclaim that I'm one too
Then we float into the harbor
With just piers and boats around
I declare that I am England
You declare that I have drowned

We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss that I've been fired
We'll be sleeping in the flowers
Tell my boss I'm fired

With such simple lyrics it sort of surprises me that this is one of their longest songs

I think it's coffee shop clerk not copy shop

john henry is a gift to this world

Grace McFadden My favorite band on Earth