They Might Be Giants 

 

  

 

   I Palindrome I

 

 

  Vocal：John Linnell/John Flansburgh

  

  Someday mother will die and I'll get the money

  Mom leans down and says, 'My sentiments exactly,

  You son of a bitch'

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  And I am a snake head eating (snake head)

  The head on the opposite side (snake head)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  

  See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline

  See the medical chart with the random zig-zag

  Now I'll help it decide

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  And I am a snake head eating (snake head)

  The head on the opposite side (snake head)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  

  'Son I am able,' she said 'though you scare me.'

  'Watch,' said I

  'Beloved,' I said 'watch me scare you though.' said she,

  'Able am I, Son.'

  

  See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding

  (Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)

  See the hands of my offspring making windmills

  (Egad, a base tone denotes a bad age)

  Dad palindrome Dad

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  I palindrome I (I palindrome I)

  And I am a snake head eating (snake head)

  The head on the opposite side (snake head)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  I palindrome I (manonam)

   

  

  I palindrome I (manonam)

  

  Notes

  Dial-a-Song had a substantially different song with the same name. This piece, which had a different melody and was sung by Flansburgh instead of Linnell, goes as follows:

  

  I Palindrome I

  Born on the 5th of July

  One door shut, another one closed

  I Palindrome I

  

  She king of Brooklyn she

  Master of all she surveys

  Lives a life unencumbered by me

  She king of Brooklyn she

  

  Man, when I was a young man

  Not like I'm driving a rocking chair now, but

  Man, when I was a young man

  I was free

  

  I Palindrome I

  Mister 5th of July

  One door shut, another one closes for

  I Palindrome I

  

  Man, when I was a young man

  Not like I'm driving a rocking chair now, but

  Man, when I was a young man

  I was free

  

  I Palindrome I

  Something just fell on my head

  Born on the 5th of July

  I Palindrome I

  

  I Palindrome I

  I Palindrome I

  Something just fell on my head

  Something just fell on my head