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Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Lyrics

Artist: They Might Be Giants
Album: Flood

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

Comments/Interpretations
by flickes on 5/14/2008 5:49pm amazing
by Louise on 5/19/2008 4:17pm This song is so magnificently annoying... I sing it in class just to piss off the people around me, and you should, too!
by lala on 5/29/2008 1:47pm o.O why would people be pissed off about this? it is nothing but the truth.
by thanos on 6/18/2008 6:18pm it sucks!It's always been Constantinople.Long live Greece!
by antonio on 6/21/2008 9:58am COSTNTINOPOLI COSTANTINOPOLI NOT ISTANBUL
by Broadway Lover on 6/24/2008 4:24pm We're doing this song in a broadway camp and I love it so much!
by gimmic on 6/27/2008 5:41am thanos and antonio it is difficult to accept for you :)sad for you. FOREVER ISTANBUL...
by John Parton on 6/27/2008 2:57pm "by thanos on 6/18/2008 6:18pm it sucks!It's always been Constantinople.Long live Greece!" Not true... it was Byzantium before Constantinople.
by mi on 7/2/2008 2:37pm its been 600 years greeks... get over it. its turkish
by Arjun on 7/4/2008 7:31pm I could as well claim New York City as New Amsterdam, being a Dutchman ^^.
by Maria on 7/8/2008 5:43am i love it!!
by billbrasky on 7/9/2008 3:23pm love that song right on the mark and i have no ethnic ax to grind (at least as far as Istanbul is concerned)
by Universeman on 7/15/2008 11:57am Amazing song!! I suggest you to watch its video clip you will like it!! P.S. : There are no more camels living in istanbul . Actually there have never been camels living in istanbul ..
by haylez on 7/18/2008 5:24am constantinople just souns better then istanbul
by d.kiz on 7/19/2008 11:17am if you still call istanbul as constantinople it is like calling new york as new amsterdam and that means you are still thinking 600 years back. come to today you back-mindeds . İSTANBUL not constantinople. btw antonio you are sexy that's my boyfriend's name but how sad to see your a jerk you even cant spell constantinople right. not COSTNTINOPOLI baby. ok ?? get this..
by blz on 7/22/2008 8:50am like the song says it was once constantinople now its istanbul and its nobodys business but the Turks!
by blz on 7/22/2008 8:53am by John Parton on 6/27/2008 2:57pm "by thanos on 6/18/2008 6:18pm it sucks!It's always been Constantinople.Long live Greece!" Not true... it was Byzantium before Constantinople." when it was constantinople the people were romans not greeks
by Maria on 7/22/2008 5:51pm it's Konstantinoupoli in greek d.kiz. get this?? go back to egypt and live this city to its owners!

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