Flight of the Conchords: Live in London

Hey Dad

Yes, son

I thought today was a lot of fun

Hey, son

Yes, Dad

Today was the funnest day a dad ever had

Building castles in the sand

Just you and I

Travel 'round in the car

I even let you drive

Eating dinner from a can

Dad's Yummy Can Delight

Both: Just a guy and his little guy

Son, I know it's hard to watch your daddy cry

It hasn't been easy since your mama died

But don't you worry

We'll be all right Remember we're a family

Just you

And I

You know very well, Dad

Mama didn't die

She just hooked up with another guy

His name's Trevor

And now they live together

That's where you pick me up on Friday nights

Don't you wonder where I go?

You always go for a while

You never ask me where I am

Don't wanna cramp your style

And when I see you on weekends

You always make me smile

- That's the smile of your little guy -The smile of my little guy.

Hey, Dad, can I sit on your knee?

Got questions 'bout the world that are troubling me

You tell me every question that you have for me

And tell me, does your mama still mention me?

When I grow up

What will I do? Will I be a fireman?

Or work in a zoo?

You can do anything that you choose

The world is at the feet of a kid like you

Both: Hanging out together

I'd like to live on the moon

Or maybe live on a star

Or will I be like you, Dad

-And live in the car? -You can't live on a star

You'd disintegrate to ash

And where you spend your nights is dependent on cash

Will I fall in love and will it be forever?

Or will she leave me one day for someone like Trevor?

Well, you just never know how love will end

But never ever introduce her to your handsomest friend

Just a boy and his dad

Just a dad and his kid

Both: Hanging out together

Since your mama ran away

Been thinking 'bout your lonely, little heart

Every day

But you, you don't need to feel so sad

You still got your dad

Since your mama ran away

No, she didn't run away

Been thinking about your lonely little heart

Every day

Dad, she's living in our old place

But the two of us, we don't need to feel so sad

I'm not sad because

And another even cooler dad

Ever since your mama ran away

She passed away, then ran away

And Mom, she wished she did it years ago

Been trying to think of the right words to say

And, Dad, she calls you an asshole

The two of us, we don't need to feel so bad

I'm not sad

And Trevor bought me a brand-new bike

Life has not been the same when she went away

Trevor lets me watch anything I like

And I've been thinkin' 'bout my lonely little heart

Every day

Eat ice cream on weekday nights

But you know what makes me feel so glad?

I'm not sad because

I'm still your biological dad

Hey, Dad, can I sit on your knee?

Got questions 'bout the world that are troubling me

No, son, don't you sit on my knee

You're too big now

You're 33

You'll always be my little guy

I'll always be your little guy

-Thank you. -Thanks, London.

Now you see the lights have come up a bit, you see it is us.

And you probably noticed that we're a bit older

than, uh... than we were formally.

We're not ill.

We've been trying to stay young.

We're trying to preserve ourselves like those sexy man-boys

that you saw ten years ago on the TV.

-Um... -'Cause we know that people don't like characters

that they know from television to get older.

I think, to them, it's disturbing.

I mean, it's difficult for us to see you 'cause you're older as well.

But the lights are quite dark, so it's quite flattering on you guys.

Yeah, but us being up here, and we remind you of your own,

I guess, your own mortality.

Sorry about that.

Having said that, let's enjoy...

-the fleeting moment. Yes! -The time we have left.

-Let's try and have a good time. -Yeah.

Anyway, you see how fast it's going.

Yeah, it's gone. It's great to be here in London.

This is a bit of a reunion gig for us.

Uh, we haven't played since last night, and...

It's just great to have the whole band here.

-Um... -We don't know if you've heard these jokes.

You might be exactly the same people.

We're one of the biggest bands in New Zealand now.

-Uh... -In terms of the number of members.

-Yeah. -Yeah.

We're a two-person band.

Most bands in New Zealand are one-person bands.

Um, you've probably heard of John.

-Jemaine: Rob. -Bret: Lucy.

-Lucy's great. -Yeah, yeah, brilliant.

It's a very good band.

Even our national orchestra's a one-man band. It's very...

When we combined, we formed the super group.

Bret used to be in a band, didn't you?

My old band was called "The Bret."

-And... -Yeah.

And Jemaine was-- Your band was called, what, The Jemaine and...?

No, it was "Jemaine and the No One Else."

That's right, yeah.

How we got together was we were billed on the same night

at the same time by accident,

and most of our songs have the same chords anyway,

so we just sang at the same time, and that's how we wrote a lot of our songs.

Yeah, and that's how this electricity got started.

Bret: Yeah, yeah. That's right.

We're gonna do some songs. This next one is, uh...

It's another du-et.

Um, and...

it... it's kind of groundbreaking for us.

Um, because we're really challenging

the gender stereotypes that exist, uh, within the band. And...

And for those of you who know some of our songs,

I often play the ladies in our songs.

-And... -And you do it well, Bret.

-You do it well. -Thank you.

Uh, but this next song, we're doing a gender reversal reversal.

So, what we usually do is we gender reverse it, so Bret's the lady,

but we've reversed it back on itself,

full 360 till he's back to a man.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's very excited to be playing the very macho--

Ian. A guy called Ian.

-A British-- -A very, um...

It's a very macho name.

-He's a very macho, sexual British guy. -Mm.

And Jemaine takes the role of Deanna.

-Yeah. -Uh, it's an office place romance.

And she's a very complex character.

A lot of layers that you've put in there.

Yeah, I've put in two layers.

I've added another dimension to what I usually do

to make a fully two-dimensional character.

-Yeah. -Uh, I've really embraced the role.

-I've studied a woman. -That's right.

And I just watched little things she did.

It's like this kind of thing.

You'll see that come-- you'll see it.

-I won't do it now. -Save it, save it.

I'll save it for the performance

when you see me become Deanna.

-You'll see it. -Oh, it's a transformation.

-Yeah. -Thank you!

-Thank you. -But one last detail,

um, before we do play the song, it's just,

you know, I think we want to point out that we are aware

that comedy is a very male-dominated industry.

-Unfortunately. -You know, we're writing the roles

for women, but, um...

The problem is the band itself is very male-dominated.

-And... -It's systemic.

-Yeah, it's-- -It's systemic, a systemic problem.

It's the fucking patriarchy, that's what it is.

Yeah, so we're sorry about that.

But we're trying, we're trying, yeah, yeah.

What? Too fast?

-What do you think? -Probably too rocking for us.

Tone it down a little bit. People are moshing at the front.

You walk into the office

In your corporate attire

It's only morning teatime

Yet I'm burning with desire

I'll catch you in the corridor

A smart, casual blouse

You brush past my cubicle

I'm instantly aroused