歌曲名 Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

歌手名 They Might Be Giants

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 got 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 backto 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'

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 backto 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'