The Mesopotamians

[Verse 1]

We've been driving around

From one end of this town to the other and back

But no one's ever seen us driving our Econoline van

And no one's ever heard of our band

[Chorus]

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

[Verse 2]

And they wouldn't understand a word we say

So we'll scratch it all down into the clay

Half believing there will sometime come a day someone gives a damn

Maybe when the concrete has crumbled to sand

[Chorus]

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

[Verse 3]

The Mesopotamish sun is beating down

And making cracks in the ground

But there's nowhere else to stand

In Mesopotamia (No one's ever seen us)

The kingdom where we secretly reign

(And no one's ever heard of our band)

The land where we invisibly rule

[Chorus]

As the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

[Verse 4]

This is my last stick of gum

I'm gonna cut it up so everybody else gets some

Except for Ashurbanipal, who says my haircut

Make me look like a Mohenjo Daroin

Hey Ashurbanipal!

[Chorus]

I'm a Mesopotamian

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

[Chorus]

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

[Bridge]

Hey man, I thought that you were dead

I thought you crashed your car

No, man, I've been right here this whole time

Playing bass guitar

For the Mesopotamians

[Chorus]

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh

We're the Mesopotamians:

Sargon, Hammurabi

Ashurbanipal and Gilgamesh