The unstoppable march towards They Might Be Giants' new kids album Why? continues. ("Time... is marching on...") Today's TMBG Dial-A-Song treat is "I Made a Mess" and while as with many TMBG songs, its thematically ambiguous lyrics could fit on an album for kids or adults, lines like "No matter how much I wash / It looks even messier than / It did before / I'm making it worse / By trying to clean it up" sure sound like kids' album to me.
The only thing that gives me pause is that the video is filled with public-domain video clips and while it's cute and totally worth your kids' time (and yours), the band has tended to commission brand new animation and film for its kids DVDs. Maybe this is a song that won't make the final cut for Why?, which means we're in for one fine time...
They Might Be Giants - "I Made a Mess" [YouTube]
