Dinner Bell

They Might Be Giants · Apollo 18 [1992]

I've been leaving on my things

So in the morning when the morning bird sings

There's still dinner on my dinner jacket 'til the dinner bell rings



Experimental dog

Salivating dog

Good dog



Waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ring



I've been leaving on my things

So in the morning when the morning bird sings

There's still dinner on my dinner jacket 'til the dinner bell rings



(Experimental dog

Salivating dog

Good dog)

I don't want a pizza, I don't want a piece of peanut brittle

I don't want a pear

I don't want a bagel, I don't want a bean

I wouldn't like a bag of beef or a beer

Or a cup of chowder, corn cake or creamed cauliflower

'Cause I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ring



Shoulder, bicep, elbow, arm

Forearm, thumb, wrist, knuckle, palm

Middle, pinky, index, ring

Dinner bell, dinner bell ring



(Experimental dog

Salivating dog

Good dog)

I don't know whether I'd rather be having a bottle of vinegar

I don't know whether I'd rather be having an egg

I don't know whether I'd rather be having an order of bacon

Or whether I'd rather be having a basket of garlic bread

I don't know whether I'd rather be having some pie

Or saving my appetite

'Cause I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ring



I've been leaving on my things

So in the morning when the morning bird sings

There's still dinner on my dinner jacket 'til the dinner bell does the bell thing



Dinner bell, dinner bell do the bell thing

I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ding ding ding

I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ding ding ding

I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing

Dinner bell, dinner bell ding!