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They Might Be Giants

Here Come The ABCs!

Alphabet of nations!
Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, The Gambia
Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia
Norway, Oman, Pakistan
Qatar, Russia, Suriname
Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam
West Xylophone, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, The Gambia
Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia
Norway, Oman, Pakistan
Qatar, Russia, Suriname
Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam

A hardly has an appetite
And pokes at food too long
And B can barely bother
Because all the food is wrong
C likes only candy
And chocolate by the box
D is just disinterested
In anything you've got

But E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything
E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything

So toss in on a plastic plate
Or stick it with a fork
Serve it with a shovel
Or serve it on a spork

Yeah, E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything

F is far too fussy
And only eats with fancy wine
G eats only gourmet
But never can decide
H burns food so horrible
All I tastes is smoke
J just likes drinking juice
And K drinks only soda

But E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything

E is eating in a moving car
E is eating upside down
E is eating on a spaceship
E is eating off the ground
L and M and N and P
Won't start 'til O arrives
Q and R and S and T
Are wearing clothes much too tight
U and V and W
Are worn out from this song
And X and Y just will not share
And will not get along

But E eats everything
Yeah, E eats everything

But look out now, here it comes
That final letter Z
Now Z's not like other letter
Z's only eating E's
Yeah, Z eats E's
Yeah, Z eats E's
Z eats E's
Yeah, Z eats E's

Flying V
If you're standing underneath it, you will see when you inspect it
That a flying V is made of flying geese
The pointed end flies in the lead
So when it flies, it's hard to read
You've got to tip your head to see
Flying V, Flying V

It's a V
In the window of a music store, or on stage at a rock show
Now a flying V is made of a guitar
The pointed end flies in the lead
So when it flies, it's hard to read

Gorillas in the jungle
Gazelles out in the field
Goats are in the barnyard
And gophers in their holes
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel glorius, generous, gleeful and great
When you go go go go for G
Goofballs in their go-carts
Girl scouts chewing gum
Grandma with her gingerbread
And the drummer plays a gong
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel gracious, gigantic, grateful and glad
When you go go go go for G
Grapes, glue, gyroscopes
Go go go go for G
Go go go go for G
You'll feel glorius, generous, gleeful and great
When you go go go go for G

Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting Penguins

Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past
Penguins Proudly Parading Past

Skateboards, Skateboards
Skateboards, Skateboards

Hippos are from Helicopters
Hippos are from Helicopters
Hippos are from Helicopters
High

Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting
Pictures Of Pandas Painting Penguins

D, look at D
Half a circle, half a moon, an apple slice
There goes D, Captain D
My boy D, Commander D, the well-known D
D's getting on in years so he moves a little bit slower now
D is shy and doesn't get out of the house much anymore
And then there's W, here comes W
It's double wide, it cannot hide its pride, it's W
They call it W, there's that W
It thinks it's king, its all-time favorite thing is W

"W, you think you're so great"
"Well, I am pretty big"
"Yeah, you're okay. You're just not as great as you think you are."
"How come I never see you around anymore, D?"
"I got this big TV set at home now. And I like to watch the sports."

Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
F is for Fake-Believe

F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

We're wearing fake fur, and riding on alpacas
On the wild frontier, wearing wax mustaches
Pretending we're cowhands, yodeling like cowhands too
Yodel-ay-he-hoo

F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

Now look at my crown, I'm acting mighty bossy
I'm king of this town, and (my kick?) gets extra frosty
From this moment on, please call me Lord Fauntleroy
That's Little Lord Fauntleroy, please

F is for fun
F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
F is for Fake-Believe

Can you find the hidden 'H'
Where it's hiding?
Is it on the ground
Or in the sky
Or part of something here?
Does it fit somehere inside?
Is there somewhere it can hide?

[Chorus]
Can you find it?
Can you find it?
Can you find it?
There it is

Where's the secret 'R'?
Can you see it?
Is it in the train
Or on the tracks
Or at the station-house?
Is the 'R' inside the tree?
Where oh where can it be?

[Chorus]

Where is the 'L'?
Is it under the chair?
Is it growing in the hair?
Where could it be?
We have looked everywhere
And I'm sorry to say
That it's part of the 'H'
Which isn't fair

(Spoken)
W: Now where are you hiding, D?
D: Oh, you're never going to find me. But my question to you is, W, where areyou hiding?
W: I have no idea. I've been looking everywhere.

Where is the 'M'?
Is it invisible?
Or is that against the rules?
Where can it be?
Well, it's right in front of you
And I'll give you a clue
It's an upside-down 'W'

There are letters everywhere in this picture
There's a 'B', an 'F', a 'Z', an 'X', a 'P', an 'O', a 'Y'
There's a sideways letter 'Q'
The aforementioned 'W'

Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Can you find them?
Here they are

A I Y, O E U
We're the Vowel Family, and we've come to sing for you

Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Ask someone older to show you, there's a vowel in each word
Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word

A I Y, O E U
We're the Vowel Family, and we're back to sing some more

A is an important letter
Well I is important too
Y is an important letter
Well O is important too
E is an important letter
O is an important letter

Vowels are important letters, there's a vowel in every word
Ask someone older to show you, there's a vowel in each word
Vowels are important letters, yes, vowels are in every word

What's that?
That is a letter.
What is that?
That's not a letter.
That's a letter.
That's not a letter.
That is a letter.
Is that a letter?
I don't know what that is.
That's so a letter.
What is that?
Whatever it is, that's not a letter.
That's a letter.
Is that a letter, or what?
That's a letter. Only it's upside down.

On this fateful day, in the history of whenever,
An epidemic of missing letters has swept the land.
Whatever the cause, for the sake of future generations,
In the limited time we have been permitted, these stories must be told.

There was an apple that lost his 'a'
There was a zebra that lost his 'z'
There was a chauffeur that left his 'auffer' on the dashboard
Of the car that lost its 'r'
Well, the car had lost its 'r' in a pothole
On a street that lost its 'e'
When the garbage collector with a missing 'ector' swept it up
With a broom that lost its 'oom'

Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together-

At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)


There was a school that lost its 'cool'
when they tired to ring the bell that had no 'l'
With all the letters gone, the spelling bee was canceled
Science teachers had their hands full
English classes could not be complete


Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together
Where they gonna go without their letters?
How could they survive without their letters?
Where they gonna go to find their letters?
They gonna have to get together

Crowds of people, animals, and incomplete words have been seen at a previously
unknown place to be referred to as-

The alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet lost and found) (how could they survive
without their letters)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get
together)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get
together)
At the alphabet lost and found (alphabet and lost found) (they gonna have to get

urnx
urnx, ni, imnx
ictv
ictv, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
urnx
urnx, ni, iw
icatv, icadvd, nicu
icu, icu, nurok
icu, icu, nurok


Translation:

You are an X
You are an X, and I, I am an X
I see TV
I see TV, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay
You are an X
You are an X, and I, I double you
I see a DVD, I see a DVD, and I see you
I see you, I see you, and you are okay

[No lyrics]

All right!
Back in ancient times
You know that things then weren't that easy
So many different tribes
So many different ways of writing
So, who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?
I wonder
Who put the alphabet in alphabetical order?
Oh
Now I've got a question
With an answer that you might find easier
You've got to use your mind
To remember all the letters in order
Now, you put the alphabet in alphabetical order
Come on!
You put the alphabet in alphabetical order
We're going to put the alphabet in alphabetical order now
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z
Now I know my ABCs
Next time won't you play with me?
Oh, I put the alphabet in alphabetical order
Yes, I put the alphabet in alphabetical order
I did it!

[No lyrics]

Hello children, it's time for an important lesson with Professor Flans.
This is about four letters that people sometimes confuse for one: LMNO!

LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one

L
L M
L M NM N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO

LMNO
Are four letters
LMNO
Are not one

LMNO

L M N Ohhhhhh!
LMNO
L M N Ohhhhhh!

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines
C is for conifers, more then five hundred kinds
If you see a Christmas tree or a stack of newspapers or a 2x4 frame of a house
It's probably made from pine trees and pine trees are conifers, that's what this
song is about
Or if you see a plant in the shape of an elephant, or in the shape of a dog
It's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub pruned into that shape by someone
Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines
C is for conifers, more then five hundred kinds

Spoken: There are so many different kinds of conifer trees.
This is just a few of them: Spruce,
Hemlocks, larch, cyprus, juniper,
Fir, Douglas fir, cedar, yew,
Pine, the dwarf conifer,
And the great California sequoia redwood.

Most with cones for seeds, most with needles for leaves
C is for conifers, my kind of trees
Large junipers and fir, spruce, cedars and pines

Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
F is for Fake-Believe

F is for fun, F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

My space helmet's on
I'm climbin' in my rocket
To Mars and beyond
And nothin's gonna stop me
I'm here on the launch pad
Just waitin' for the big countdown
(4 3 2 1 Blast off!)

F is for fun, F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

I'm scratchin' my thorax
And wavin' my antennas
I'm here on my ant hill
Just hangin' with my ant friends
I've got my big crumb
About 30 times my weight
(It's not a problem, ants are strong!)

F is for fun, F is for fun
F is for fake-believe

Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
Fake-Believe, Fake-believe, Fake-believe
F is for Fake-Believe

Hey John.
Oh hey John.
What's going on?
Man, I'm confused.
You're confused, why?
I- I'm no good at remembering stuff.
Really?
Yeah.
Like what?

I can't remember what D is for!
You can't remember what D is for?!

I think it's for an instrument you play in a band.
I'm surprised you can't remember what D is for.

I can't remember there's too much noise.
Put your thinking cap on, I'll give you a hint.

See I can't find my thinking cap, I think it's lost!
John, come on tell me, D is for what?

D is for something that you play with sticks.
That's right, that's right, you're getting close.

D is for Drums, yes D is for Drums!
D is for Drums, yes D is for Drums!

Well, I'm glad we got that straight.
Hey John, I need-
Yeah?
I need some juice.
I've got some juice.
Well, let's go to your house.
Okay. I'll meet you over there.
Okay.
D is for Drums, D is for Drums!

ZYX
ZYX
WVUT
SRQ
SRQ
PONMLK
JIHGF
JIHGF
EDCBA
EDCBA

Goodnight my friends
Goodnight my friends
Sweet dreams from ABC land

Uh huh
Uh huh uh huh

Uh huh
Uh huh uh huh
Uh huh

Clap your hands

Clap your hands

Clap your hands

Clap your hands

Clap your hands

Stomp your feet

Stomp your feet

Stomp your feet

Stomp your feet

Stomp your feet

Jump in the air

Jump in the air

Jump in the air

Jump in the air

(Theme to Higglytown Heroes)

Here in Higglytown
Things all jump around
Just like the Higglytown heroes
(Our heroes)
They all work together
Making fun together
Come see the Higglytown heroes

Eubie, Wayne, Twinkle, Kip and Fran
All hop and pop around
Soon they'll learn about real heroes
Who and why and how
Now

Here in Higglytown
We'll all jump around
And meet the Higglytown heroes
(Our heroes)
We'll all work together
Having fun together
With all the Higglytown heroes
Let's all play together
Save the day together

[No lyrics]

Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Ohhh

Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Ohhhh

Hippo
Hippo
Hippo
Hippo
Hippo
Hippo
Hippo

Mop
Mop
Mop mop
Mop mop
Mop mop mop
Mop mop mop mop
Mop

Speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
Ohhh

Speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
Speck of dust, dust, dust
Ohhh

One quarter of George Washington's head
Half of George Washington's head
Three quarters of George Washington's head
All of George Washington's head

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhoooooooo

Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Ohhh

Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Violin-lin-lin
Ohhh

I went for a walk on a stalk, on a stalk of wheat
And it felt like a trillion feet
I was looking for a friend at the end, at the end of the line
And it took me till the end of time

I was all out of luck like a duck, like a duck that died
I was all out of juice like a moose, like a moose denied
I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke
I was all out of work like a jerk who's a joke
And I was out of ideas, like I is, like I is,
Like I is, like I is, I was out of ideas...of ideas

I once had a dream of a gleam, of a gleam in my eye
And I'll have it till the day I die
I had a thought bubble of trouble, of trouble and strife
And I'll have it for the rest of my life

I was all out of luck like a duck, like a duck that died
I was all out of juice like a moose, like a moose denied
I was all out of money like a bunny that's broke
I was all out of work like a jerk who's a joke
And I was out of ideas like I is, like I is,
Like I is, like I is, I was out of ideas...of ideas...of ideas...of ideas