Alec Eiffel

Album: Tromple Le Monde (1991)
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  • Pioneer of aerodynamics
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    They thought he was real smart alec
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    He thought big they called it a phallic
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    They didn't know he was panoramic
    Little Eiffel stands in the archway
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    Keeping low doesn't make no sense
    Sometimes people can be oh so dense
    They didn't want it but he built it anyway
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    Little Eiffel stands in the archway
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    Keeping low don't make sense
    Keeping low doesn't make no-sense
    (Little Eiffel, Little Eiffel)
    Little Eiffel stands in the archway
    Oh Alexander I see you beneath
    The archway of aerodynamics. Writer/s: CHARLES THOMPSON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 5

  • Jaibe from Carol Stream, IlThis is such a goofy song! (with great pop melodies) Well, the whole album is awesome. I love having a song that features the wrod "aerodynamics".

    Incidently, the first time I typed this comment in I hit return and it apparently put in my "rating" of the song, which I hadn't set yet so was no doubt a 3, damn. It is beyond 5.
  • Wayne from Hudson, Fli love what this song stands for. how everyone thought alec was crazy for his design but in the end he turned out right.
  • Iara from Santiago, Chilei love this song.The thing i like most is the chorus in the background.It's so nice
  • Eric from Anchorage, AkHe's mostly known by everyone as Gustave Eiffel, but his full name is indeed Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. Google it for yourself if you don't believe me. :- D
  • Daniel from Bloomington, InThat is incorrect. The architect of the Eiffel Tower was Gustave Eiffel, not Alec.

    Who was Alec? Who the hell knows. It's a Pixies song - it doesn't have to make sense.
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