Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants

[00:33.25]Istanbul was Constantinople
[00:35.04]Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[00:37.14]Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[00:39.33]Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
[00:41.62]Every gal in Constantinople
[00:43.42]Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
[00:45.51]So if you've a date in Constantinople
[00:47.60]She'll be waiting in Istanbul
[00:49.40]Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
[00:54.08]Why they changed it I can't say
[00:56.18]People just liked it better that way
[00:58.17]So take me back to Constantinople
[01:00.16]No, you can't go back to Constantinople
[01:02.26]Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[01:04.45]Why did Constantinople get the works?
[01:06.54]That's nobody's business but the Turks
[01:16.51]Istanbul (Istanbul)
[01:24.78]Istanbul (Istanbul)
[01:26.18]Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
[01:30.67]Why they changed it I can't say
[01:32.86]People just liked it better that way
[01:35.16]Istanbul was Constantinople
[01:36.96]Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
[01:38.95]Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[01:41.04]Why did Constantinople get the works?
[01:43.14]That's nobody's business but the Turks
[02:11.45]So take me back to Constantinople
[02:13.64]No, you can't go back to Constantinople
[02:15.63]Been a long time gone, Constantinople
[02:17.73]Why did Constantinople get the works?
[02:19.82]That's nobody's business but the Turks
[02:24.80]Istanbul