# Was This a Squeeze Song? Please ID...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [October 19, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293 "2003-10-19T02:22:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293/1 "2003-10-19T02:22:33Z")
There’s a song from 1987-1988 which people tell me was by Squeeze, but I do not know the title. Maybe someone can help me identify the title and correct artist? The lyrics are sketchy, but here goes…
Sung to a fast tempo, the lyrics said something like:
…throw it overboard, see if it can swim, back up on the shore, back to the house, all the lights are out and the blinds are down…
I believe these lyrics comprise the chorus for the song. Does this sound somewhat familiar to anyone listening to rock or pop radio in 1987-1988? The lyrics are so odd, my first guess would have been the “Talking Heads”, but I don’t believe it is them.
Any thoughts, WAGs, etc.?
- Jinx
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### Author:  [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293/2 "2003-10-19T02:57:50Z")
Squeeze - Hourglass. I remember buying the 45 when I was 9.
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293/3 "2003-10-19T03:00:40Z")
[Lyrics.](http://www.squeezefan.com/Songbook/Hourglass.htm)
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### Author:  [@Zhen\_ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zhen_ka)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293/4 "2003-10-19T03:00:57Z")
Yes, this is Squeeze. The song is \* Hourglass\* from the album “Babylon and On.”
Clink here for lyrics–if you dare to face all the pop-ups!
[http://www.lyred.com/lyrics/Squeeze/Babylon+And+On/Hourglass/](http://www.lyred.com/lyrics/Squeeze/Babylon+And+On/Hourglass/)
Cheers!
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### Author:  [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-a-squeeze-song-please-id/208293/5 "2003-10-19T03:35:23Z")
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> \*Originally posted by neutron star \*
> \*\*Squeeze - Hourglass. I remember buying the 45 when I was 9. \*\*
[Weird.](http://www.poplyrics.net/waiguo/rock/elviscostello/015.htm)