Fingertips, by They Might Be Gannets

Fingertips

by They Might Be Gannets

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1.	Everything Is Catching On Fire 02:50	lyrics	buy track
Everything is catching, yeah everything is catching on fire All it takes is just a spark of chemistry from you In Germany it’s feure, in France it is feu Let us ban the flames of men that flame the fans of birth Who know that natural disasters are more trouble than they’re worth We love to listen to The Fire Engines We love to hear them roar It’s a shame they have to douse the fires But that is what they’re for
2.	Fingertips 02:07	lyrics	buy track
Fingertips Fingertips Fingertips Keep giving me Fingertips All I need is to be in your grip And feel your fingertips Make me shoosh upon your pouting lips With your fingertips We need no breadsticks for our salsa dips While we've got fingertips Here's today's top five sex tips Be gentle with your fingertips I feel love I see no ships Touch me with your fingertips Drop that banjo Swing your hips Squeeze me with your fingertips
3.	I Hear The Wind Blow 02:43	lyrics	buy track
I hear the wind blow I hear the wind blow It seems to say Hello, hello I'm the one that loves you so I feel the chill factor interfere with my leisure I'm feeling under both high and low pressure Whether you control me is up for discussion I'm feeling a colder front from you than the Russians The breeze goes in one ear and out the other I feel more like a weatherman than a lover The tide pool rolling round my brain has got me thinking That it'll take more than a hurricane to stop me drinking
4.	Hey Now Everybody 02:10	lyrics	buy track
Hey now everybody Now hey now everybody Hey now everybody now I would like to meet you all But you won't all fit in my hall Hanging inside my body is another little body And inside that wee body is another little body Saying Hey now everybody Now hey now everybody Hey now everybody now
5.	Who's That 01:55	lyrics	buy track
Who's that standing at my window? Who's that standing by the door? Who's that moving even closer I'm sure I've seen her before Who's that standing in the hallway? Who's that walking up the stair? Who's that wielding a machete? I'm sure I've seen her before Baby it's you
6.	New Friend 03:13	lyrics	buy track
I found a new friend underneath my pillow He's small and hardly says a word He seems to be a shy retiring fellow Egyptian cotton is his world He says he's a little bit shy of me He says he's a little bit shy of me He says he's a little bit shy of me He says he's a little bit shy of me Now when it's time to rearrange the linen I'm very careful how I fold I try to calm him, singing like Bob Dylan But that just seems to leave him cold Pillow, pillow, pillow
7.	Wreck My Car 01:40	lyrics	buy track
Come on and crash my car Come on and crash my car Come on and crash my car Come on and crash my car Oh it hasn’t got insurance But I’m sure that if insurance were insuring it It wouldn’t go at all I haven’t got a licence But I lie about my licence If the lies will help you climb it up a wall We could make a packet If you wear your ripped black jacket And we languish and we suffer and we wail Come on and wreck my car Come on and wreck my car Come on and wreck my car Come on and wreck my car
8.	The Guy Who Hit Me In The Eye 02:54	lyrics	buy track
Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye Aren't you the guy who hit me in the eye Aren't you the guy who slugged me I couldn't make him out from a distance Could've been aggressive or fey You have to find the measure of someone You simply have to ask anyway I could've just ignored my conscience Could've easy walked on by But I have to renew acquaintences Even ones who give you black eyes Take it on the chin like a bully Take it on the chin like a man Try to really concentrate fully Or take it in the face if you can
9.	Please Pass The Milk 01:36	lyrics	buy track
Please pass the milk, please Please pass the milk, please Do I have to get on my knees? Do I have to make constant pleas? All I ask is cottage cheese To go with my pasta and peas Please be quick, it's getting warm Do I have to fill in forms? There's no need to get depressed It's such a small simple request Just to fill your arms and girdle Do it, it's a tiny hurdle Who lets your obstinance durdle Hurry now, it's going to curdle Curdle, curdle, curdle, curdle
10.	Leave Me Alone 03:13	lyrics	buy track
Leave me alone Leave me alone I'm happy here in the zone Alone, alone And I don't think you know what I know Don't call me Greta Garbo Greta Garbo
11.	Who's Knocking On The Wall? 01:42	lyrics	buy track
Who's knocking on the wall? Who's knocking on the wall? I'm listening to The Fall It's only gone 11 that's all So who's knocking on the wall? It might be a little late And it's only me And this house is miles away From town or country
12.	All Alone 01:35	lyrics	buy track
All alone, all alone All by myself I wish I could be Leonard Cohen Or I wish I could find the lost chord But I sound more like Jim Bowen And my darts always miss the board Nobody gets 180 Without trying too hard to score
13.	Blue Thing 03:54	lyrics	buy track
What's that blue thing doing here? What's that blue thing on? What's that blue thing doing here? What's that blue thing on? It could be fluff or plastic It could be wood or tin Mediocre or fantastic Nothing or something Pick it up and stroke it Lie it on its side Don't try to provoke it It might be alive
14.	Something Grabbed A Hold Of My Hand 02:39	lyrics	buy track
Something got a hold of my hand I didn’t know what held my hand But that’s when all my troubles began I am really easily led Especially to trouble To trouble, to trouble I follow if you are Fred I’m Barney,that’s Rubble. already in trouble Don’t waste time, you’re a long time dead You love how you live and you live how you love her That is what the voices said The ones that are dragging me under the covers I could blame the fickle fist of fate I could pin life on anyone I hate But there is something else out there……wait
15.	I Don't Understand You 01:09	lyrics	buy track
I don't understand you (I don't understand you) I just don't understand you (I don't understand you) I don't understand a thing you say I cannot understand a single word I don't understand Understand
16.	I Heard A Sound 02:31	lyrics	buy track
I heard a sound I turned around I turned around to find the thing that made the sound Now I can't see Synaesthesia is a funny affliction The things I hear and see affect my diction I see music and I feel colours I taste what I think and I hear numbers This could be deja vu Synaesthesia ooh!
17.	Mysterious Whisper 01:49	lyrics	buy track
Mysterious whisper Mysterious whisper I thought I could risk a mysterious whisper Before I would kiss her Mysterious whisper
18.	The Day That Love Came To Play 02:40	lyrics	buy track
It started off as just another ordinary day Who could ever foretell the role that fate was going to play Nothing really special happened from the moment that My alarm clock forced my frozen feet on to the mat Lying by my bedside as another day began I didn't think about it I didn't have a plan Just another routine Nothing really out the way The day that love came to play So as the day progressed and on and on to find a course The same things happened as the day before and what is more I now remember it as being particularly dull Due to the inclement weather and predictable way My life was pointing out what happened to All those exciting things I had promised I would do Then the sight of you pushed all this drudgery out the way The day that love came to play
19.	Heart Attack 03:02	lyrics	buy track
I'm having a heart attack I'm having a heart attack Won't you get off my back I'm having a heart attack I'm venting my ventricles With a cardiac stent And all my receptacles Are twisted and bent You'd think it was painful But I'm having a ball You'd think it was simple But it isn't at all
20.	Fingertips Reprise 00:21	lyrics	buy track
Fingertips, fingertips...
21.	Darkened Corridors 02:04	lyrics	buy track
That saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel means zilch to me I stared as hard as is possible I’ll never be what you’re looking for So I walk along darkened corridors

about

Way back in 1992, They Might Be Giants released 'Apollo 18'. On that album was a unique track called 'Fingertips' which contained 21 tiny snippets or suggestions of songs. They Might Be Gannets have fleshed out those snippets into fully fledged lovingly crafted instant pop classics, presented here for your delectation.