Thursday, August 22, 2019

Dr. Worm by They Might Be Giants

My name is Dr. Worm.
Good morning. How are you? I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm.
I live like a worm.
I like to play the drums.
I think I'm getting good,
But I can handle criticism.
I'll show you what I know,
And you can tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums.
I'll leave the front un-locked 'cause I can't
Hear the doorbell
When I get into it I can't tell if you are
Watching me twirling the stick.
When I give the signal, my friend
Rabbi Vole will pay the solo
Some day somebody else besides me will
Call me by my stage name, they will
Call me Dr Worm.
Good Morning how are you, I'm Dr Worm
I'm interested in things.
I'm not a real doctor,
But I am a real worm;
I am an actual worm.
I live like a worm.
I like to play the drums.
I think I'm getting good,
But I can handle criticism.
I'll show you what I know,
And you can tell me if you think I'm getting better on the drums.
I'm not a real doctor,
But they call me Dr. Worm.

3 comments:

Aaron said...

I watched a movie last night called Deadly Prey. There is a scene where a dude digs up a real worm from the dirt and then spits on it a few times and then chews it up like he is eating licorice. It was an amazingly horrible movie. I hope that worm was not the same worm who is singing this song. I LOVE they might be Giants. But if I were to discover them today as an adult I would hate them

Dan Tschirhart said...

It would depend on what I heard first, if I heard TMBG for the first time today

It might take me awhile to discover their brilliance, but I'd like to think I would still grow to love them

But alas, we were spoiled - we discovered them at the beginning of their career

What an amazing first four albums - They Might Be Giants, Lincoln, Flood, and Apollo 18

Are you kidding me?

Nancy Sherrod gave me the first two, but I remember buying Flood and Apollo 18 in the record store

~and how excited I was

They're on my concert bucket list

"Because I was afraid of worms, Roxanne! Worms!"

I dig worms, they're super cool

Did you know worms can eat their weight each day?

Imagine eating your weight tomorrow...good luck

And as for all the worms I put on hooks when I went fishing as a lad

I want to say I'm sorry

Pirate Aggro said...

The worms like it.