They Might Be Giants - Number Three lyrics

There's only two songs in me and
I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration
Or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging
Up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and
The third one I just made

A rich man once told me, "Hey
Life's a funny thing"
A poor man once told me that
He can't afford to speak
Now I'm in the middle like
A bird without a beak

Cause there's just two songs in me
And I just wrote the third
Don't know where I got the inspiration
Or how I wrote the words
Spent my whole life just digging
Up my music's shallow grave
For the two songs in me and
The third one I just made

So I went to the President
And I asked old what's-his name
Has he ever gotten writer's block
Or something like the same
He just started talking like he was on TV
"If there's just two songs in ya, boy
Whaddaya want from me?"

So I bought myself some denim
Pants and a silver guitar
But, I politely told the ladies
"You'll still have to call me Sir
Because I have to keep my self-respect
- I'll never be a star
Cause there's just two songs in me
And this is Number Three"