Good And Evil David Byrne

batteries You gottta sweater much too small Pokin' at your navel Pointin' your finger too You say your lips don't even stick together When the dust comes up Blowin' 'cross the plains Pictures are fallin' in and

Back In The Box ( LP Version ) David Byrne

The sun shines on the living The sun shines on the dead The sun shines on you and me Wherever we lay our heads The sun shines on the evil The sun shines on the good It doesn't favour righteousness Although

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

Empire David Byrne

In national elections In songs raised on high With stirring emotions As tears fill your eyes In democratic fever For national defense I am a mountain Like birds upon a fence [x2] Young artists and writers

The Civil Wars ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I got a right to be out on my mind I got a right to be who I am Love me, love my problems The good times and the rotten The war is in me, the war is in you The war is in everybody now Shake this tone,

The Gates Of Paradise ( LP Version ) David Byrne

And the laws of men are not the laws of heaven And angel's breath is like the desert wind And terrorists are acting out of love, sweet love To bring us home again It's a sin to seek perfection It's a sin

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?

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

Don't Want To Be Part Of Your World David Byrne

them As they vanish from our sight Little boys dig tunnels Into the ground they go Hundreds of them, disappear Little soldiers on patrol Singing Don't want Don't want Don't want to be part of your world And

Civilization David Byrne

Somewhere between the darkness and light Faces all glow but its not too bright Civilization, its all about knives and forks Isn't she here? What time is it now? Is this the right place?

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

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

Independence Day David Byrne

Now and then I get horny At night you do At night you do Smile - from side to side At night you do At night you do She'll be comin' round the mountain Six white horses by her side No stops for

Lazy (featuring David Byrne) X-Press 2

Lazy I'm lazy when I'm lovin', I'm lazy when I play I'm lazy with my girlfriend a thousand times a day I'm lazy when I'm speaking, I'm lazy when I walk I'm lazy when I'm dancin' and I'm lazy when

Glad David Byrne

you don't mind I'm glad you're better than me I'm glad that I changed I'm glad I'm not nice I'm glad it's the way, it must be I'm glad I can't see beyond myself I'm glad when the conversation ends It's good

Glass, Concrete & Stone David Byrne

Now I'm waking at the crack of dawn To send a little money home From me to The moon Is rising like a discotheque And now my bags are down and packed For traveling Looking at happiness Keeping my flavor

Glass, Concrete & Stone (Album Version) David Byrne

Glass, Concrete & Stone Written by David Byrne ⓒ 2004 Now I'm wakin' at the crack of dawn to send a little money home from here to the moon is risin' like a discotheque and now my bags are

Glass& Concrete & Stone David Byrne

Glass, Concrete & Stone Written by David Byrne ⓒ 2004 Now I'm wakin' at the crack of dawn to send a little money home from here to the moon is risin' like a discotheque and now my bags are down

What A Day That Was David Byrne

And on the first day, we had everything we could hold Ooh and then we let if all And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh what a day that was.

Fuzzy Freaky ( LP Version ) David Byrne

It's my body and I'll eat it too To do whatever touches you My body speaks, my tongue cannot My belly rumbles but the words are stuck So come out It's summer time and the weeds are high Fuzzy freaky,

Dance On Vaseline ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I'm taking back the knowledge I'm taking back the gentleness I'm taking back the ritual I'm giving in to sweetness Come preacherman, shoot me with your poisoned arrow But I dance on Vaseline And I'm tripping

A Million Miles Away David Byrne

see your house from here And I feel like I'm walkin' on air Oh - Oh A million miles away from here And I ain't gonna work here no more You can't tell a man by his clothes You can't tell a man by his clothes

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

Poison David Byrne

And nothing was done. Turn over once. Turn over twice. And now the clock has stopped For me and for you I'm not afraid Of bursting at the seams And there's nothing that we can do.

Tiny Town David Byrne

It's a tiny town, you can hang around with me It's a tiny town, and everybody knows what you've been doin' So don't you mess around, cuz it's a tiny town Teeny weeny town, tiny town, tiny town And every

She Only Sleeps David Byrne

She might drink a bit Lose her way Crash the car But come out OK And my friends might laugh But they only know what they can see And she only sleeps with me Nights on Times Square Live and on stage High

Carnival Eyes David Byrne

Gone away Someone else son's gone What a day For dreaming Hard hurt heart The holds the door Buried in time In hallways bleeding And all the time they walk the line And all the time in asking land Who's

Amnesia ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Peace on earth, soon we will be Where nothing worries us Lazy days, cool is the breeze Across the universe Armies of soldiers are sleeping tonight And moonlight is kissing their eyes When you awake you

Buck Naked ( LP Version ) David Byrne

state highway Runnin' naked, in the middle of the day Runnin' naked like a tom cat's behind Runnin' naked but the cat don't seem to mind Give me your heart I'll give you mine first Give me your time And

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

Why David Byrne

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? Wait!

Lie To Me David Byrne

It's a beautiful world and a beautiful dream And you know I don't care if things are not what they seem Making up stories that you know aren't true But you know it's all right 'cause I know it too Who

Dialog Box David Byrne

Picture this Bumping lips Everyone talks Do a dialogue box They shake and bake Make a cranky face They got rocks in the head Got rocks in the bed Pull the hood down Grab the fold out Is it too loud?

Make Believe Mambo David Byrne

It was a pretty picture It almost made me cry He's got big imagination It's better than real life He can be a macho man And now he's a game show host Well one minute hilarious comedian Now he's an undercover

Daddy Go Down ( LP Version ) David Byrne

The sun sinks low in the western lands Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh daddy go-down And a woman's heart is like the wind Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh daddy go-down And he could not put her from his

The Rose Tattoo David Byrne

And they were imagining Roses As if life itself were a dream Is a gift not a reason for living?

The Cowboy Mambo ( Hey Lookit Me Now ) David Byrne

I can't find my way around this table And I can't find my way around your face And I can't find my way around your body And wasted days turn into wasted nights Hey lookit me now! Hey lookit me now!

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

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

Pirates David Byrne

Delightfully confusing The trees outside, the morning light Arrives, like pirates on parade Surprise, it's pirates on parade A ray of light, between the blinds I lie there in a stupor I hear a thud, and

Dirty Old Town David Byrne

Well, there are sixteen people in danny's apartment Sixteen people are living in there Remember the days of rent control Grandpa remembers rock and roll These days won't last forever These days won't last

Twistin' In The Wind David Byrne

Now Washington, DC's A funny little town The further you look into it The further things stick out You oughta be ashamed You oughta be destroyed I'll chop you into little bits And feed you to my dogs Well

Burnt By The Sun ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Atom-smashers in the cocktail lounge tonight Opera singers in the graveyard keeping time And the DJ mixes them all And the music rhymes but it crawls And the music comes from hydrogen bombs Rock bands

Finite=Alright ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Three-hundred-fifty cities in the world Just thirty teeth inside of our heads These are the limits to our experience It's scary but it's alright And everything is finite Only one record, in this whole

A Soft Seduction ( LP Version ) David Byrne

The words of love are not enough Though sweet as wine, as thick as blood Passionless moments and we are homeless Out on the street But life is cool and things aren't bad Got what he wants, lost what he

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!

They Are In Love ( LP Version ) David Byrne

She put the scar on the side of his face When he disappeared for three days And they say that they are in love He took her cocaine when she was asleep Friends say he gave half away And they say that they

The Man Who Loved Beer David Byrne

To whom can I speak today The brothers they are equal But the old friends of today They have become unlovable To whom can I speak today The gentleness has perished And the violent man has come down on

His Wife Refused David Byrne

Open the door and there's nobody home! Go ahead fill their heads Go ahead fill their heads with poison Take a look these people are savages!

Hanging Upside Down David Byrne

And I don't need to watch the news at night Anyone can see we're out of time Hangin' on Hangin' out Got my hundred dollar shoes Hangin' round Hangin' free And we got nothin' else to do What goes up Must