They Might Be Giants - Whistling in the Dark

From the album "Flood" by They Might be Giants, 1990

Elektra Records

[okgoogleplay]

That one dislike is from someone that has a poisoned mind.

[kuhbillion]

Don't be yourself- be LIKE yourself.

[iamaperson]

It's an odd feeling because I listened to this album a lot when I was very little (5-7 years old). I've only now come back to the full album, and it's all slowly coming back to me.

[ants_in_my_eyes_johnson]

You'd be hard pressed to find another band that can turn a phrase like these fellas

[iangoss]

Best played at 75% ... opening lines are hilarious..

[thofficebeefalos]

Who here has tried to whistle in the dark?

[Irish_Thørn_Tree]

A woman came up to me and said
"I'd like to poison your mind
With wrong ideas that appeal to you
Though I am not unkind"
She looked at me, I looked at something
Written across her scalp
And these are the words that it faintly said
As I tried to call for help
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you,
Be what you're like,
Be like yourself,
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark

A man came up to me and said
"I'd like to change your mind
By hitting it with a rock, " he said,
"Though I am not unkind."
We laughed at his little joke
And then I happily walked away
And hit my head on the wall of the jail
Where the two of us live today.
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you,
Be what you're like,
Be like yourself,
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I like
And that is whistling in the dark
There's only one thing that I know how to do well
And I've often been told that you only can do
What you know how to do well
And that's be you,
Be what you're like,
Be like yourself,
And so I'm having a wonderful time
But I'd rather be whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
Whistling in the dark
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[evievanhouten]

I'm literally whistling in the dark. 💁