THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS lyrics - The Mesopotamians

We've been driving around

From one end of this town to the other and back

But no one's ever seen us (No one's ever seen us)

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

And no one's ever heard of our band



We're the Mesopotamians

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh



Then 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



We're the Mesopotamians

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh



The Mesopotam-ish sun is beating down

And making cracks in the ground

But there's nowhere else to stand

In Mesopotamia, (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-daroan



Hey, Ashurbanipal,

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"



We're the Mesopotamians

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh



We're the Mesopotamians

Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh