Purple Toupee Lyrics by They Might Be Giants

Purple Toupee Lyrics

    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
    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
    Now 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 lame will turn your brain around
    (purple toupee and gold lame)

    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"
    Till 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 lame will turn your brain around
    (purple toupee and gold lame)

    Purple toupee is here to stay after the hair has gone away
    The purple brigade is marching from the grave

    We're on some kind of mission
    We have an obligation
    We have to wear toupees

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