Three Might Be Duende

They Might Be Giants · Join Us [2011]

Monochrome Martinet

His texture is starch

This song is a march

And from the beginning

His Duende was winning

But though he's a worthy emcee

He'll never be part of the three

Orpheum act

Faustian pact

Three Might Be Duende, in fact



Necropolis Blownapart

A ghostly sight

Emerges bright

Hot from the embers

The first team member

Is hatching a dastardly plan

Like a bird with a dastardly egg

Trapped in this time

Lost in his rhymes

One Might Be Duende defined!



Apocryphal Espadrille

The shaper of dreams

Returns to the scene

No diorama

Could match his drama

A smile that would frighten the blind

The incubus freezes the mind

Right off the farm

Fooled by his charm

Sound Might Be Duende's alarm



Dystopio Smashedtobits

The keeper of dust

The builder of rust

When you discover

Sleep's older brother

The trio is finally complete

The trio has just one conceit

Forged by their past

First in their class

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Three Might Be Duende at last