""Returning To The U.S."" lyrics - THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
[From the Venue Songs DVD:]
Returning once again to the United States, They Might Be Giants enters the Old Dominion, Charlottesville, Virginia. Here, Thomas Jefferson founded the University Of Virginia, and built his magnificent bat cave, Monticello, where he made sweet love to Sally Hemings. Moved by the aesthetic brilliance and the enlightenment ideals of America's third president, They Might Be Giants creates a song for the Starr Hill Music Hall that is steeped in history.
[Alternate version:]
Returning once again to the United States, They Might Be Giants enters the Old Dominion, Charlottesville, VA. Despite being "pigeonholed" by "critics" as "Brooklyn-based", true rock historians know well the band's earliest beginnings as the hard-drinking, Southern-fried sound engineers for the third lead guitarist in the boogie rock band .38 Special. At the [http://www.starrhill.com/ Starr Hill Music Hall], They Might Be Giants finally has a chance to put on their imaginary buckskin jumpsuits, let down their imaginary waist-long hair, and imaginarily rock it the way they imagined they once did.
Venue Songs (2005)
- Greeting From The Deranged Millionaire
- "The Experiment Begins"
- Dallas (Studio) (Trees)
- "A Concrete Shrine"
- Albany (Studio) (The Egg)
- "Paradoxically"
- Los Angeles (Studio) (West Hollywood House of Blues, or Hollywood)
- "An Oasis Of Hooch"
- Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House of Blues)
- "The Great Walled City"
- Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's on Richards)
- "Monongahela"
- Pittsburgh (Studio) (Mr. Small's)
- "You Can't Go Home Again"
- Asheville (The Orange Peel)
- "And So"
- Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- "Returning To The U.S."
- Charlottesville (Studio) (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- "Skee-ball And Saltwater Taffy"
- Asbury Park (Studio) (Stone Pony)
- "The Tour Nearly Over"
- Brooklyn (Studio) (Celebrate Brooklyn)
- Goodbye From The Deranged Millionaire
- Damn Good Times
- Experimental Film
- Bastard Wants To Hit Me
- I'm All You Can Think About
- Dallas (Studio) (Trees)
- Albany (Studio) (The Egg)
- Los Angeles (Studio) (West Hollywood House of Blues, or Hollywood)
- Anaheim (Studio) (Anaheim House of Blues)
- Vancouver (Studio) (Richard's on Richards)
- Pittsburgh (Studio) (Mr. Small's)
- Asheville (The Orange Peel)
- Glasgow (Studio) (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- Charlottesville (Studio) (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- Asbury Park (Studio) (Stone Pony)
- Brooklyn (Studio) (Celebrate Brooklyn)
- Love Is Eternity
- Renew My Subscription
- Taste The Fame
- Tippecanoe And Tyler Too
- The Bloodmobile
- Omaha (Sokol Auditorium)
- Houston (Meridian)
- Leeds (Leeds Irish Center)
- New Orleans (New Orleans House of Blues)
- Columbia (The Blue Note)
- Santa Cruz (The Catalyst)
- Minneapolis (First Avenue Stage)
- Tucson (City Limits)
- San Francisco (Fillmore)
- Memphis (Gibson Lounge, or Gibson Beale Theme)
- Charleston (The Music Farm)
- Atlanta (Variety Playhouse, or Variety Playhouse Freak-In)
- Farmingdale (The Downtown)
- New Haven (Toad's Place, a.k.a. Toad's Place (A-))
- London (The Astoria, or At The As-tore-eye-yea)
- Raleigh (Lincoln Theatre)
- Towson (Recher Theatre)
- St. Louis (Mississippi Nights)
- Philadelphia (T.L.A.)
- Austin (Stubbs, or Stubb's)
- Dallas (Trees)
- Albany (The Egg)
- Los Angeles (West Hollywood House of Blues)
- Anaheim (Anaheim House of Blues)
- Vancouver (Richard's on Richards)
- Pittsburgh (Mr. Small's)
- Glasgow (T-H-E-G-A-R-A-G-E, or The Garage)
- Charlottesville (Starr Hill Music Hall)
- Asbury Park (Stone Pony)
- Brooklyn (Celebrate Brooklyn)