Purple Toupee Lyrics - They Might Be Giants

I remember the year I went to camp 

I heard about some lady named Selma and some blacks 

Somebody put their fingers in the President's ears 

It wasn't too much later they came out with Johnson's wax 

I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba 

Now that's all I can think of, but I'm sure there's something else 

Way down inside me I can feel it coming back 

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down 

(Purple toupee when summer brings you down) 

Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around 

(Purple toupee and gold lame) 

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Chinese people were fighting in the park 

We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that 

Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms 

Ten years later they were sharing the same cell 

I shouted out, "Free the Expo '67" 

Till they stepped on my hair, and they told me I was fat 

Now I'm very big, I'm a big important man 

And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat 

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down 

(Purple toupee when summer brings you down) 

Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around 

(Purple toupee and gold lame) 

Purple toupee is here to stay after the hair has gone away 

The purple brigade is marching from the grave 

We're on some kind of mission 

We have an obligation 

We have to wear toupees 

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Notes 

Following are the lyrics to the Dial-a-Song demo: 

Now that's all I can think of, but I'm sure there's something else 

Way down inside me I can feel it coming back 

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings us down 

(Purple toupee will show the way) 

Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brains around 

(Purple toupee and gold lame) 

Down on the ground is where I found a popular revolution 

Purple's the shade that brightens in the grave 

I was down, but now I'm feeling proud 

They stepped on my face, they told me I was fat 

Now I'm flying planes, I'm a big important man 

And the only thing that's different is underneath my hat 

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings us down 

(Purple toupee will show the way) 

Purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brains around 

(Purple toupee and gold lame) 

Purple toupee is here to stay after the real thing's gone 

This is the kind that never fades away 

Purple toupee 

Purple toupee