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Track: The Mesopotamians
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Album: The Else

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Alternative/indie rock band that was formed in 1982. The band was started by [a=John Linnell] and [a=John Flansburgh], who are still the band's only official members. They were initially accompanied by a drum machine before employing a backing band in 1992. Current backing band members: [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/397707-Dan-Miller-2]Dan Miller[/url] (guitar since 1998) [a=Danny Weinkauf] (bass since 1998, full time since 1999) [a=Marty Beller] (drums since 2002, full time since 2004) Former backing band members (years are approximate): [a=Brian Doherty (4)] (drums, 1993-1996) [a=Dan Hickey] (drums, 1997-2003) [a=Eric Schermerhorn] (guitar, 1996-1998) [a=Graham Maby] (bass, 1994-1999, studio only until 1996 and again after mid-1997) [a=Hal Cragin] (bass, 1997-1998, live only) [a=Jay Sherman-Godfrey] (guitar, 1993-1996, studio only) [a=Jonathan Feinberg] (drums, 1992, live only) [a=Kurt Hoffman] (keyboard and woodwinds, 1992-1994) [a=Tony Maimone] (bass, 1992-1995, live only after 1994)

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Release: They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians (Live In Studio)
Year: 2015
Genres: Rock
Styles: Alternative Rock

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LYRICS

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