[00:00.00]Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (LP版) - They Might Be Giants
[00:33.54]Istanbul was Constantinople
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[00:35.19]Now it's Istanbul' not Constantinople
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[00:37.31]Been a long time gone' Constantinople
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[00:39.31]Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
[00:41.43]Every gal in Constantinople
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[00:43.54]Lives in Istanbul' not Constantinople
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[00:45.57]So if you've got a date in Constantinople
[00:47.72]She'll be waiting in Istanbul
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[00:49.84]Even old New York
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[00:52.01]Was once New Amsterdam
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[00:54.13]Why they changed it I can't say
[00:56.02]People just liked it better that way
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[00:58.39]So take me backto Constantinople
[01:00.39]No' you can't go back to Constantinople
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[01:02.43]Been a long time gone' Constantinople
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[01:04.52]Why did Constantinople get the works
[01:06.27]That's nobody's business but the Turks'
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[01:26.81]Even old New York
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[01:28.70]Was once New Amsterdam
[01:29.64]
[01:30.90]Why they changed it I can't say
[01:32.90]People just liked it better that way
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[01:35.83]Istanbul was Constantinople
[01:36.39]
[01:37.28]Now it's Istanbul' not Constantinople
[01:38.41]
[01:39.31]Why did Constantinople get the works
[01:41.37]That's nobody's business but the Turks'
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[02:11.95]So take me backto Constantinople
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[02:14.03]No' you can't go back to Constantinople
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[02:16.10]Been a long time gone' Constantinople
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[02:18.13]Why did Constantinople get the works
[02:19.88]That's nobody's business but the Turks'