Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Purple Toupee, artist - They Might Be Giants. Date of issue: 24.09.1988
Song language: English
Purple Toupee |
| I remember the year I went to camp |
| I heard about some lady named Selma and some blacks |
| Somebody put their fingers in the president’s ears |
| And it wasn’t too much later they came out with Johnson’s wax |
| I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba |
| That’s all I can think of, but I’m sure there’s something else |
| Way down inside me, I can feel it coming back |
| Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down |
| (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) |
| Purple toupee and gold lamé will turn your brain around |
| (Purple toupee and gold lamé) |
| Chinese people were fighting in the park |
| We tried to help them fight, no one appreciated that |
| Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms |
| Ten years later they were sharing the same cell |
| I shouted out, «Free the Expo '67!» |
| 'Til they stepped on my hair and they told me I was fat |
| Now I’m very big, I’m a big, important man |
| And the only thing that’s different is underneath my hat |
| Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down |
| (Purple toupee when summer brings you down) |
| Purple toupee and gold lamé will turn your brain around |
| (Purple toupee and gold lamé) |
| Purple toupee is here to stay |
| After the hair has gone away |
| The purple brigade is marching from the grave |
| La la la la la la la |
| La la la la la la la la |
| La la la |
| We’re on some kind of mission |
| We have an obligation |
| We have to wear toupees |