Number Three

JOHN FLANSBURGH, JOHN LINNELL, JOHN C. FLANSBURGH, JOHN S. LINNELL

There's only two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

A rich man once told me
"Hey life's a funny thing"
A poor man once told me
That he can't afford to speak
Now I'm in the middle like a bird without a beak 'cause

There's just two songs in me and I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and the third one I just made

So I went to the President
And I asked old what's-his-name
Has he ever gotten writer's block
Or something like the same
He just started talking
Like he was on TV
"If there's just two songs in ya, boy
Whaddaya want from me?"

So I bought myself some denim pants
And a silver guitar
But I politely told the ladies
"You'll still have to call me Sir
Because I have to keep my self-respect
I'll never be a star
Since there's just two songs in me
And this is Number Three"

Trivia about the song Number Three by They Might Be Giants

On which albums was the song “Number Three” released by They Might Be Giants?
They Might Be Giants released the song on the albums “They Might Be Giants” in 1985, “Untitled 1985 Demo Tape” in 1985, “They Might Be Giants” in 1986, “Then: The Earlier Years” in 1997, and “Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants” in 2002.
Who composed the song “Number Three” by They Might Be Giants?
The song “Number Three” by They Might Be Giants was composed by JOHN FLANSBURGH, JOHN LINNELL, JOHN C. FLANSBURGH, JOHN S. LINNELL.

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