Boat of Car: A really big car or a regular sized boat?
Explore the misunderstood lyrics and chilling narrative of They Might Be Giants’ ‘Boat of Car’ through Chase’s introspective journey
Another lyric that I’ve been singing incorrectly.
“Can you sing bass?”
Another fine and embarrassing example of a song lyric that I had wrong for decades. “Boat of Car” by They Might Be Giants begins with the lyric, “Daddy’ll sing bass” in a very bassy vocal a ’la Johnny Cash. In fact, I have learned for the first time today that this line is a sample f…
