The Mesopotamians Lyrics - The Else - They Might Be Giants

We've been driving around 

From one end of this town 

To the other and back 

But no one's ever seen us 

Driving our Econoline van 

And no one's ever heard of our band 

We're the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

And they wouldn't understand a word we say 

So we'll scratch it all down into the clay 

Half-believing there will sometime come a day 

Someone gives a damn 

Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand 

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We're the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

The Mesopotamish sun is beating down 

And making cracks in the ground 

But there's nowhere else to stand 

In Mesopotamia 

(But no one's ever seen us) 

The kingdom where we secretly reign 

(And no one's ever heard of our band) 

The land where we invisibly rule 

As the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

This is my last stick of gum 

I'm going to cut it up so everybody else gets some 

Except for Ashurbanipal, who says my haircut 

makes me look like a Mohenjo-Daren 

Hey, Ashurbanipal 

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I'm a Mesopotamian 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

We're the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

Hey, man, I thought that you were dead 

I thought you crashed your car 

No, man, I've been right here this whole time 

Playing bass guitar 

For the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh 

We're the Mesopotamians 

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh