Istanbul (LP Version)

Song Istanbul (LP Version)
Artist They Might Be Giants
Album Flood

Lyrics

[00:33.47] Istanbul was Constantinople
[00:35.47] Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[00:38.05] Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[00:40.09] Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
[00:42.14] Every gal in Constantinople
[00:44.26] Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
[00:46.44] So if you've a date in Constantinople
[00:48.19] She'll be waiting in Istanbul
[00:50.16] Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
[00:54.25] Why they changed it I can't say
[00:56.58] People just liked it better that way
[00:58.82] So take me back to Constantinople
[01:01.25] No, you can't go back to Constantinople
[01:03.00] Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[01:05.08] Why did Constantinople get the works?
[01:10.29] That's nobody's business but the Turks
[01:11.12] Doo doo doooo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
[01:17.40] Istanbul (Istanbul)
[01:18.00] Doo doo doooo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
[01:24.40] Istanbul (Istanbul)
[01:26.50] Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
[01:31.10] Why they changed it I can't say
[01:33.27] People just liked it better that way
[01:36.01] Istanbul was Constantinople
[01:37.69] Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[01:39.85] Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[01:41.98] Why did Constantinople get the works?
[01:43.50] That's nobody's business but the Turks
[01:56.22] Doo doo doooo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
[02:12.35] So take me back to Constantinople
[02:14.42] No, you can't go back to Constantinople
[02:16.61] Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[02:18.78] Why did Constantinople get the works?
[02:20.85] That's nobody's business but the Turks
[02:25.90] Istanbul!