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Really Awesome Johns

from Infinity Right Now by Hello, The Future!

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A song about the five most awesome dudes in the world, all named John. Or Jon. Or Jonathan.

lyrics

This is a song about a group of people
Who share more than a name
John Flansburgh, John Linnell, Jon Stewart
John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, and they
All work together
And it really is a shame
That if you want to be a geek superstar you’ve got to have a name
Like John.

Or maybe know a John
Who helps you meet a John
Who does a show with a Jon.
I could go on and on
There’s this chart that I’ve drawn
But I’m really here to say

I wish my name was John and I was fifty years old
‘Cause if my name were John and I were fifty years old
I’d get to be there
In that apartment
Up in Brooklyn, playing Scrabble with those
Really Awesome Johns.

They’re a League of Extraordinary Jontlemen
And I know it isn’t fair
That they exist, and I’m not them, and I’m not part of their
Little circle of Johns
Connective tissue of Johns
Collaboration of Johns
Dissemination of Johns
It’s like they’re all intertwined
It’s like they’re sharing a mind
Why don’t they share that mind with me?

I wish my name was John and I was fifty years old
‘Cause if my name were John and I were fifty years old
I’d get to be there
In that apartment
Up in Brooklyn, playing Scrabble with those
Really Awesome Johns.

Yeah, I have a PC
Heck yeah I have a PC
I don’t even know the name of the guy who played the Mac

But the coolest thing about John Hodgman
Besides getting to be John Hodgman
Is John Hodgman gets to hang out
With awesome Ira Glass yeah!
Awesome Ira Glass!

With just my rhythm guitar, I’m like a John without a John
Unsupervised, I need an accordion

(Awesome Ira Glass)

If I could be one of the Johns, if only for a day
I’d jump into the circle of Johns and John it all the way
I would rock with the Johns
Or write a book with John
Or troubadour with Jonathan
Or do shows with Jon, and then
We’d all get along
Maybe we’d write a new song
And the chorus part would say…
Hey...

I’m glad my name is John
And I am fifty years old
‘Cause if my name weren’t John
And I weren’t fifty years old
I wouldn’t be here
In this apartment
Up in Brooklyn, playing Scrabble with those
Really awesome
Other men named John

Wait, did you even know this?
I mean, did you even know this?
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Was written by Johns Flansburgh and Linnell for Jon Stewart
Dang!

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from Infinity Right Now, released November 4, 2010

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Hello, The Future! Seattle, Washington

My name is Nicole.

My band is Hello, The Future!

I am the only person in my band.

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