Two toy American flags
Jaundice yellow it's really tan
On the roof and tranquilize
Pajama fresh suburban
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair
Jailbird entanglement day
Blew their tops and beat him blue
Drifting lobotomized calm
Reappraisal's in the air
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair
Two toy American flags
Jaundice yellow it's really tan
On the roof and tranquilize
Pajama fresh suburban
I am forty given a year
In Robert Lowell's electric chair
Quoth the Johns:
This song was recorded with the Elegant Too... The lyrics of this song are entirely from a poem by Robert Lowell (although they have been "recontextualized" by TMBG for rock music purposes).
—John Flansburgh
[source: TMBG Unlimited, January 2001]