Lyric Certain People I Could Name - They Might Be Giants

Lyric Song Certain People I Could Name: The few surviving samurai survey the battle field
Count the armsthe legs and headsand then divide by five
Drenched in bloodthey move across the screen
Do I need to point or do you see the one I mean

The one in back
the way he acts
is he reminding you of anyone we know
Isn t he so like certain people I could name

Halfway through the 30 minutes
Halfway round the world
Here s the story of the genocidal overlord
In her palace with her epaulettes
Watch her little gestures as she lights her cigarette

Look at her you
must see it too
is she reminding you of anyone we know
Isn t she so like certain people I could name

Disembodied and detached a voice describes the scene
As a lizard stalks a helpless creature on TV
Music underscores the tragedy
Eyes with no expression watch the unsuspecting prey

Who is it like
Doesn t it strike you as the very image of someone we know
Isn t it so like certain peoplehow could anybody
miss the obvious
and the uncanny and the clear resemblance
Isn t it just like certain people I could name