Hide Away Folk Family

They Might Be Giants · Then: The Earlier Years [1997]

Hide away, folk family

Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)

Someone's gonna get ya

Hide away, folk family

Better hide away

Better hide away



Tippy toe to the front door, Mother

'Cause there's a guy with a long, long fuse

And the one thing you can't hide

Is all the fear you feel inside

As the fuse is spelling out these words



Hide away, folk family

Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)

Someone's gonna get ya

Hide away, folk family

Better hide away

Better hide away



Tippy toe to the flatbed, Father

Because they're pouring out our gasoline

And sadly the cross-eyed bear's

Been put to sleep behind the stairs (sadly)

And his shoes are laced with irony



Hide away, folk family

Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)

Someone's gonna get ya

Hide away, folk family

Better hide away

Better hide away



"Hello, this is Lesley Down with the Daily Home Astrology Report:

Taurus, contemplate domestic turmoil

Aquarius, abandon hope for future plans..."



Hide away, folk family

Or else someone's gonna get ya (someone's gonna get ya)

Someone's gonna get ya

Hide away, folk family

Better hide away

Better hide away



(Hide away) Hide away

(Folk family) Folk family

(Or else someone's gonna get ya) Someone's gonna get ya

Hide away

Hide away