They Might Be Giants - Whistling In The Dark

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a woman came up to me and said
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“i’d like to poison your mind
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with wrong ideas that appeal to you
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though i Am not unkind”
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she looked at me , i looked at something
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written across her scalp
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and these are the words that it faintly said
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as i tried to call for help :

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there’s only one thing that i know how to do well
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and i’ve often been told that you only can do
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what you know how to do well
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and that’s be you ,
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be what you’re like ,
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be like yourself ,
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and so i’m having a wonderful time
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but i’d rather be whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
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there’s only one thing that i like
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and that is whistling in the dark

D Em C D
ah ah ah ah
D Em C D
ah ah ah ah

A Em
a man came up to me and said
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“i’d like to change your mind
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by hitting it with a rock , ” he said ,
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“though i Am not unkind . ”
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we laughed at his little joke
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and then i happily walked away
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and hit my head on the wall of the jail
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where the two of us live today .

D Em A
there’s only one thing that i know how to do well
Bm G
and i’ve often been told that you only can do
A D
what you know how to do well
G A
and that’s be you ,
G A
be what you’re like ,
G E7
be like yourself ,
A F
and so i’m having a wonderful time
C Dm
but i’d rather be whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling in the dark
A# C
whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling in the dark
A# C
whistling in the dark
C Dm
there’s only one thing that i like
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and that is whistling in the dark

D Em A
there’s only one thing that i know how to do well
Bm G
and i’ve often been told that you only can do
A D
what you know how to do well
G A
and that’s be you ,
G A
be what you’re like ,
G E7
be like yourself ,
A F
and so i’m having a wonderful time
C Dm
but i’d rather be whistling in the dark
A# C
whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling in the dark
A# C
whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling in the dark
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whistling in the dark
C Dm
whistling , whistling
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whistling in the dark

D Em C D
ah ah ah ah
D Em C D
ah ah ah ah