Listen to I Should Be Allowed to Think by They Might Be Giants

I Should Be Allowed to Think

They Might Be Giants

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

Performer

Wilbur Pauley

Bass

Frank London

Trumpet

John Flansburgh

John Flansburgh

Vocals

John Linnell

Vocals

Graham Maby

Bass

Hugo Munday

Bass

Peter Becker

Bass

Tony Maimone

Bass

Brian Doherty

Drums

Jay Sherman-Godfrey

Jay Sherman-Godfrey

Guitar

Robert Quine

Guitar

Kurt Hoffman

Horn

Kevin Osborne

Trombone

Steven Bernstein

Steven Bernstein

Trumpet

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

John Linnell

Songwriter

John Flansburgh

John Flansburgh

Songwriter

Wilbur Pauley

Arranger

Frank London

Horn Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Chris Laidlaw

Engineer

Danny Alonso

Engineer

Ed Thacker

Mixing Engineer

Hiro Ishihara

Engineer

Rich Lamb

Engineer

Stephen Marcussen

Stephen Marcussen

Mastering Engineer

Paul Fox

Producer

Lyrics

I saw the best minds of my generation

Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

If by random whim, one occurs to me

If necessary, leave paper stains on the gray utility pole

I saw the worst bands of my generation

Applied by magic marker to dry wall

I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off

I should have a call in show

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

If by random whim, one occurs to me

If necessary, leave paper stains on the gray utility pole

I am not allowed

(To ever come up with a single original thought)

I am not allowed

(To meet the criminal government agent who oppresses me)

I was the worst hope of my generation

Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical

I should be allowed to share my feelings

I should be allowed to feel

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

If by random whim, one occurs to me

But sadly, this can never be

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

Written by: Allen Ginsberg, John Flansburgh, John Linnell

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