I Should Watch TV David Byrne, St. Vincent

I used to think that I should watch TV I used to think that it was good for me Wanted to know what folks were thinking To understand the land I live in And I would lose myself, and it would set me free

Dinner for Two David Byrne, St. Vincent

By the time the guests arrive Ooo, already it was dark outside Tables set with china dishes We're welcomed in with tiny kisses What's her name I don't remember Isn't that the famous author Harry's gonna

Lightning David Byrne, St. Vincent

There's a funny lightning Threatening with striking But it moves too quick for a picture There's a funny lightning Round the corner hiding But I'm too smart just to catch it With gloves and rubber So I

I Am an Ape David Byrne, St. Vincent

garden Stands a statue Of the man who won the war His expression Tender yearning Every nation near and far Oh sad and ancient father Sweet as honey tough as leather Running down the hill on Christmas Day I

Digital Witness St. Vincent

Get back to your seat Get back lash in tear Uuuuu-uh I want all in your mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah DIGITAL WITNESSES

Astronaut David Byrne

The Western lands Day turns to Night Immaterial play of light It's very nice out here Poked my hand in a hornet's nest They flew out around my face I guess it's just self defense The camera pans The focus

Weekend in the Dust David Byrne, St. Vincent

and used Now according to you What's so mysterious Rip it well well, you have won it out Give it all why won't you give it out Where's the fun in holding out the part Everyone gets up when you sit down I

The One Who Broke Your Heart David Byrne, St. Vincent

along with the one who broke your heart You know you do Sing aloud, it will keep you safe and warm That's right In the Garden of Eden, on a hot summer day We were totally naked outside that small caf Am I

Optimist David Byrne, St. Vincent

Waiting, but I don't mind I'm all bus stops and heat I'm neon, in your daylight I'm the optimist of 30th Street How it is is how it oughta be I got anything but moneyed esteem Drinks are on Cond Nast I'm

Lazarus David Byrne, St. Vincent

Lazarus Gold in your river, there forever The captain's bell, it swings from side to side Cool water High on this hill, I'm working all the time Cool water My hammer comes down hard on everyone Cool water I

The Forest Awakes David Byrne, St. Vincent

time is a place A place of relief and a time of confusion A heart is a simple equation With beautiful words and with beautiful people A song is face is a mountain A fruit that falls before it's grown I

Outside of Space and Time David Byrne, St. Vincent

My love, your house has many rooms The kitchen's filled with food I'll find a place inside The dreams that pass across your face Come from a secret place Ev'ryone close your eyes It's true, I am a shaky

Who David Byrne, St. Vincent

Who'll be my valentineWho'll lift this heavy loadWho'll share this taxi cabWho wants to climb aboardWho is an honest manWho is an honest manWho'll help a tired soldierFar from his own hometowncarry...

Ice Age David Byrne, St. Vincent

Oh diamondHow we've beenOh diamondIt's such a shameTo see you this way, freezing it outYour own little ice ageIce ageIce ageOh diamondGet out of bedAll unbuttonedSeams are showingAnd you're freakin...

Twistin' In The Wind David Byrne

A taste of what will be The weatherman is wrong again It looks like rain to me I heard the whistle blow The train has jumped the track The mighty engine's outa gas Bureaucratic heart attack My sister likes

Like Humans Do David Byrne

I’m achin’ (아임 어췬) I’m shakin’ (아임 쉐이킨) I’m breakin’ (아임 브래이킨) Like Humans Do (라이크 휴맨스 두) I’m achin’ (아임 어췬) I’m shakin’ (아임 쉐이킨) I’m breakin’ (아임 브래이킨) Like Humans Do (라이크 휴맨스 두) I

Surgeon St. Vincent

I spent the summer on my back Another attack Stealing just to get along, get along, get along Turn off the TV, wait in bed of Blue and red a little Somethin' to get along, get along, get along...

Tiny Apocalypse David Byrne

A 3-tone carpet and a Jackie Chan spear Lookin' at a hairdo and a belly full of beer Well I ain't no poet, ain't got no rhyme Well I got me a car and I don't know how to drive In the event of a pressure

Somebody David Byrne

Somebody, somebody's gettin' outa bed Somebody, somebody's gettin' herself dressed Somebody, somebody combin' back her hair Somebody, somebody dancin' down the stairs And on the TV and in magazines She

Make Believe Mambo David Byrne

hilarious comedian Now he's an undercover cop Say Oh - let the poor boy dream Oh - livin' make-believe So how can we be strangers He's got no personality It's just a clever imitation Of the people on tv

Monkey Man David Byrne

Back from the war Covered in red, white and blue So here I am But I got nowhere to go Heaven help you now Heaven help you now Monkey man This is not Garden of Eden Take a look Who will eat and who gets

Civilization David Byrne

Do I fit with her crowd?

Hanging Upside Down David Byrne

Window shoppin' Finger poppin' Hangin' in our fav'rite shopping mall Looky looky A little cutie A little kitten she deserves a home Tell you dudes when I get old enough You bet that I am gonna try some

Cities (David Byrne) phish

Cities (David Byrne) Think of London - small city Dark - dark in the daytime People sleep - sleep in the daytime If they want to - if they want to I'm checkin' 'em out I'm checkin' 'em out I've got

David Honeyhoney

It's alright, David, I'm fucked up again I'm tired of waiting Of being your friend Cause you're stuck on the first page and I'm close to the end So just shut your mouth and pretend You scream your cellphone

I Don't Remember David Byrne

I got no means to show identification I got no papers show you what I am You'll have to take me just the way that you find me What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn Empty stomach, empty head I got

Glad David Byrne

I'm glad I've got skin, I'm glad I've got eyes I'm glad I got hips, I'm glad I've got thighs I'm glad I'm allowed to say the things I feel I'm glad Igot hair, glad I got ears I'm glad I got lungs, I'm

I Know Sometimes A Man Is Wrong David Byrne

I know sometimes I can be wrong I know sometimes I do believe I know sometimes I can be wrong I'll be wrong until you're next to me I'll be wrong until you're next to me I know sometimes the world is wrong

Lie To Me David Byrne

That what I like about you That what I like about you Birds are flying from east to west Dogs are running a political race Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I wonder Who you are Well you can lie to me And

Why David Byrne

I don't have any philosophy Why do I know what I know? I see the world in a coffee cup And when I drink it down there I go We have our own kind of universe Sometime but not always true How come?

Girls On My Mind David Byrne

Seems like ev'rywhere I go Seems like ev'rything I do Seems like ev'rything I dream about Seems like ev'rywhere I look Well I got girls, girls on my mind I think about them mostly all the time Oh - so

I Zimbra (Live) David Byrne

Gadji beri bimba clandridi Lauli lonni cadori gadjam A bim beri glassala glandride E glassala tuffm i zimbra Bim blassa galassasa zimbrabim Blassa glallassasa zimbrabim A bim beri glassala grandrid E glassala

Eggs In A Briar Patch David Byrne

Lord, I been such a bad boy I been disobedient I made mistakes I made blunders That's true of thousands and thousands of people Little children don't mean anything!

A Million Miles Away David Byrne

I ain't gonna work here no more I ain't gonna work here no more Honey, come and dance with me 'Cause I ain't gonna work here no more I feel like I'm walkin' on air I feel like I'm walkin' on air I can

You & Eye ( LP Version ) David Byrne

You and I - may kill ourselves You and I - go straight to hell Where they have barbeque and beer Better than they do up here And you know all the words to the songs Yeah - we smoke cigarettes We dance

Miss America ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I love America, her secret's safe with me And I know her wicked ways The parts you never see Oh super-girl, you'll be my super-model Although you have a reputation Can I afford to move above my station

Strange Ritual ( LP Version ) David Byrne

A man sits in a field - contemplating his crops In his mind he travels all over the world I see hairstyles, strange rituals Scenes of beauty, scenes that disgust me I see, I see me I felt awe, felt disgust

Crash ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I met my love at a funeral I'm tired of good-byes and burials Friends I have known Some I just met Standing around It's hard to forget - now isn't it?

Lilies Of The Valley ( LP Version ) David Byrne

our hands a little dirty To make our gardens grow, hey hey Way too many people on this island Getting way too crowded on this boat Need someone to bail some water If we're gonna keep this thing afloat I

Ain't Got So Far To Go David Byrne

I am young, but I remember It was not so long ago In a line so bright and shiny This is how the story goes In the kingdom, there was chaos And the land was filled with fear There was hatred, there was

Nothing At All ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Lord knows we've become scientific It's nothing special at all Sometimes everything gets big and nothing is small We can live here every day We can be here whenever we play And the knife is near at hand I

Sad Song ( LP Version ) David Byrne

You may think I look sad But I am just sleeping It's my facial expression I'm probably dreaming Would you like to be sad? Would you like me to teach you?

A Long Time Ago ( LP Version ) David Byrne

And in the land where I grew up Into the bosom of technology I kept my feelings to myself Until the perfect moment comes Then into your bloodstream I will go Until I turn into a part of you Flooding the

My Love Is You ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Some men desire a princess And others lust for a temptress Well I don't need one of those 'cause, my love is you My love is you Some men replace their mamas And some want a young baiana I have no use for

Angels ( LP Version ) David Byrne

slightly out of the ordinary Flying over fields and factories Momma's going off her head Daddy's bringing home the bacon Open up the pearly gates Fruit of salty lubrication Tangled up in arms and legs I

Burnt By The Sun ( LP Version ) David Byrne

your face They can see what you have erased When dogs make love they don't look at themselves Checking out each other by the way that they smell Rubbing and a'scratching, itching all the time Stop me if I

Fuzzy Freaky ( LP Version ) David Byrne

, jump on it He's talking trash, and he can't get back But he's meant to last Inspired, desired I'm walking low, my grass has grown And I won't stay down Excited, delighted I'm awfully cute, I'm awfully

Lazy David Byrne

I'm Lazy when I'm loving I'm Lazy when I play I'm lazy with my girlfriend, a thousand times a day I'm lazy when I'm speakin I'm lazy when I walk I'm lazy when I'm dancin I'm lazy when I talk Open

You Don't Know Me ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I'm the part that fucked up your promotion I'm the part that hurts when you're alone On this beautiful night by the bright disco light We will dance till the pain is all gone If love is alive why can't I

A Walk In The Dark David Byrne

the mirror We'll take a walk in the dark Woah - we'll take a walk in the dark Woah - we'll take a walk in the dark I'm not afraid to close my eyes at night I'm not afraid of what my dreams will show me I