Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: The Statue Got Me High 
Album: Apollo 18


Verse 1:
            
The statue got

     
 me high
            
The statue got

       
 me high
            
The monument o

            
f granite sent

           
 a beam into m

   
y eye
            
The statue mad

             
e me die      

              
              

     
     
            
The statue mad

             
e me die      

              
              

     
     
            
It took my han

             
d it killed me

           
 and it sent m

         
e to the sky

Chorus:
            
The stone it c

        
alled to me
           
(And now I see

             
 the things th

           
e stone has sh

         
own to me)  
           
A rock that sp

             
oke a word    

              
              

            
            
           
(An animated m

          
ineral it can 

           
be heard)     

            
            
            
And though I o

            
nce preferred 

            
a human being'

      
s company
           
They pale befo

            
re the monolit

             
h that towers 

      
over me  

Verse 2:
            
The statue got

     
 me high
            
The statue got

     
 me high
            
The truth is w

            
here the sculp

           
tor's chisel c

   
hipped away th

e lie
            
The statue mad

      
e me fry      

              

              

     
            
The statue mad

      
e me fry      

              

    
            
My coat contai

            
ned a furnace 

           
where there us

            
ed to be a guy

             
              

           

Chorus 2:
            
The stone it c

        
alled to me
           
(And now I see

             
 the things th

           
e stone has sh

         
own to me)
           
A rock that sp

       
oke a word
           
(An animated m

          
ineral it can 

                                 
be heard)
            
And as the scr

            
eaming fire en

            
gine siren fil

                     
led the air
           
The evidence h

            
ad vanished fr

             
om my charred 

     
and smoking ch

air

Post Chorus 1:
            
And what they 

            
found was just

    
 a statue
           
Standing where

            
 the statue go

          
t me high   
            
And what they 

            
found was just

           
 a statue   
           
Standing where

            
 the statue go

           
t me high   

Sax Solo:

Chorus 3:
            
And now it is 

        
your turn
           
(Your turn to 

             
see the stone 

           
and then your 

         
turn to burn)
            
The stone it c

        
alls to you   

              

  
           
(You can't ref

          
use to do the 

           
things it tell

        
s you to)   
            
And as the scr

            
eaming fire en

            
gine siren fil

          
ls the air
           
The evidence w

            
ill vanish fro

             
m your charred

     
 and smoking c

hair

Post Chorus 2:
            
And what they 

            
found was just

    
 a statue
           
Standing where

            
 the statue go

          
t me high  
            
And what they'

            
ll find is jus

        
t a statue  
           
Standing where

            
 the statue go

        
t you high