
Date of issue: 23.03.1992
Record label: Elektra, Warner Strategic Marketing
Song language: English
I Palindrome I |
Someday mother will die and i’ll get the money |
mom leans down and says, «my sentiments exactly, |
you son of a bitch» |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
and i am a snake head eating (snake head) |
the head on the opposite side (snake head) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
See that bulletproof dress hanging from the clothesline |
see the medical chart with the random zig-zag |
now i’ll help it decide |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
and i am a snake head eating (snake head) |
the head on the opposite side (snake head) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
«son i am able,"she said «though you scare me.» |
«watch,"said i |
«beloved,"i said «watch me scare you though."said she, |
«able am i, son.» |
See the spring of the grandfather clock unwinding |
(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age) |
see the hands of my offspring making windmills |
(egad, a base tone denotes a bad age) |
dad palindrome dad |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
i palindrome i (i palindrome i) |
and i am a snake head eating (snake head) |
the head on the opposite side (snake head) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
i palindrome i (manonam) |
Notes |
dial-a-song had a substantially different song with the same name. |
this piece, which had a different melody and was sung by flansburgh instead of |
linnell, goes as follows: |
I palindrome i |
born on the 5th of july |
one door shut, another one closed |
i palindrome i |
She king of brooklyn she |
master of all she surveys |
lives a life unencumbered by me |
she king of brooklyn she |
Man, when i was a young man |
not like i’m driving a rocking chair now, but |
man, when i was a young man |
i was free |
I palindrome i |
mister 5th of july |
one door shut, another one closes for |
i palindrome i |
Man, when i was a young man |
not like i’m driving a rocking chair now, but |
man, when i was a young man |
i was free |
I palindrome i |
something just fell on my head |
born on the 5th of july |
i palindrome i |
I palindrome i |
i palindrome i |
something just fell on my head |
something just fell on my head |
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