Talking Heads : More Songs About Buildings and Food

New-Wave / USA
(1978 - Sire Records)
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1. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL

Oh, baby you can walk, you can talk just like me
You can walk, you can talk just like me
You can look, tell me what you see
You can look, you won't see nothing like me
If you look around the world

Oh, baby you can walk, you can talk just like me
With a little practive, you can walk like, talk just like me
If that's what you wanna do
Well, you can look, you'll walk in circles around me
But first, I'll walk in circles around you
But first, I'll walk around the world

I'm walking around the world
I ... you can
But first, show me what you do


2. WITH OUR LOVE

It's just a look, and it makes the boys quiver
Yes, it's just the look, and now they remember
Had they forgotten, what this all means
I think they want to forget
And they hope that this time

I won't look, I've got other things to do now
I forgot what it was, I've got to get to work now
And they set an example for us I see it
It can happen to me too
And it didn't make any difference to us
But I

Forgot the trouble, that's the trouble
Forgot the trouble, that's the trouble
Forgot the trouble, that's the trouble
Forgot the trouble, that's the trouble
With our love
With our love
With our love

They hear the words, such as: "you're really special"
And they can't face the feeling.
And they can't really tell
I look out the window
And I call that education.
And I see all my friends standing out there
And Icall that education sophistication

Had the forgotten what this all means
Things come and go and I see them
And I won’t be neglected not this time


3. THE GOOD THING

I will fight; will fight with my heart
I will fight; will fight with understanding
In my mind, the weather never changes
Skill overcomes, difficult situations

A straight line exists between me and the good things
I have found the line and its direction is known to me
Absolute trust keeps me going in the right direction
Any intrusion is met with a heart full of the good thing

Try to compare what I am presenting
You will meet with much frustration
Try to find similar situation
You will always find the same solution

As the heart finds the good thing, the feeling is multiplied.
Add the will to the strength and it equals conviction
As we economise, efficiency is multiplied,
To the extent I am determined the result is the good thing
So I say:
I have adopted this and made it my own:
Cut back the weakness, reinforce what is strong


4. WARNING SIGN

Warning sign, warning sign
I see it but I pay it no mind
Hear my voice, hear my voice
It's saying something and I hope you're concentrating
I've got money now, I've got money now
C'mon baby, c'mon baby

Warning sign of things to come
Take it over, take it over
Someone's talking on my telephone
When we're older, when we're older
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care
What I remember

Warning sign, warning sign
Look at my hair, I like the design
It's the truth, it's the truth
Your glassy eyes and your open mouth
Take it easy, take it easy
It's a natural thing and you have to relax
I've got money now, I've got money now
C'mon baby, C'mon baby.
Warning sign, of things to come
Turn me over, turn me over
Love is here but I guess it's gone now
Hurry up babe, hurry up babe
Hear my voice, move my hair
I move it around a lot, but I don't care

Do you remember
What it is that you remember
Baby remember
Baby remember


5. THE GIRLS WANT TO BE WITH THE GIRLS

The girls don't want to play like that
They just want to talk to the boys
The just want to do what is in their hearts
And the girls want to be with the girls

And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
Well there is just no love
When there's boys and girls
And the girls want to be with the girls
And the girls want to be with the girls

Girls want things that make common sense
The best for all concerned.
They don't want to have to go out of their way
And the girls want to be with the girls

And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
Well there is just no love
When there's boys and girls
And the girls want to be with the girls
And the girls want to be with the girls

Girls are getting into abstract analysis
They want to make intuitive leap
They are making plans that have far reaching effects
And the girls want to be with the girls

And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
And the boys say, "what do you mean?"
Well there is just no love
When there's boys and girls
And the girls want to be with the girls
And the girls want to be with the girls


6. FOUND A JOB

"Damn that television, what a bad picture"
"Don't get upset, It's not a major disaster"
"There's nothing on tonight", he said, "I don't know what's the matter"
"Nothing's ever on", she said, "so I don't know why you bother"

We've heard this little scene, we've heard it many times
People fighting over little things and wasting precious time.
They might be better off , I think the way it seems to me
Making up their own shows, which might be better than TV

Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations
They've enlisted all their family
They've enlisted all their friends
It helped saved their relationship
And made it work again

Their show gets real high ratings, they think they have a hit
There might even be a spinoff, but they're not sure about that
If they ever watch T.V. again, it'd be too soon for them
Bob never yells about the picture now, he's having too much fun

Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situations
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations
They've enlisted all their family
They've enlisted all their friends
It helped save their relationship
And made it work again

So think about this little scene; apply it to you life
If your work isn't what you love, then something isn't right.
Just look at Bob and Judy; they're happy as can be
Inventing situations, putting them on TV

Judy's in the bedroom, inventing situationn
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations
They've enlisting all their family
They've enlisted all their friends
It helped save the relationship
And made it work again


7. ARTISTS ONLY

I'm painting, I'm painting again
I'm painting, I'm painting again
I'm cleaning, I'm cleaning again
I'm cleaning, I'm cleaning my brain

Pretty soon now, I will be bitter
Pretty soon now, will be a quitter
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter
You can't see it 'til it's finished

I don't have to prove that I am creative
I dont' have to prove that I am creative
All my pictures are confused
And now I'm going to take me to you


8. I'M NOT IN LOVE

Pretty
What is?
Brand new?
Well that's not the way I think of you.
You'll touch me, in a minute; but that's not what I want to do.
We are two strangers,
We might never have met.
We can talk forever, I understand what you said
But I'm...no in love.
What does it take to fall in love?
Do people really fall in love?

Happy
Is there time for this?
Is this responsibility?
Girl time, boy time, is that the difference between me and you?
I won't ask any questions,
Who needs to make a new start?
I choose to believe you,
I said before that I can't.
Cause I'm not in love.
What does it take to fall in love?
Why would I want to fall in love?

Feeling
Take it easy baby
Don't let your feelings get in the way
Some day, I believe, we can live in a world without love
I can answer your questions
If you won't twist what I say
Please respect my opinions,
They will be respected some day
Because we don't need love
I believe that we don't need love
There'll come a day when we won't need love


9. STAY HUNGRY

I think that we can signify our love now
Oh Girl, you can initiate an impulse of love

Stay hungry, Stay hungry, Stay hungry
Move a muscle, move a muscle, move a muscle
Make a motion, make a motion, make a motion
Pull it tighter, pull it tighter, pull it tighter
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Double beatin', double beatin', double beatin'
Palpitation, palpitation, palpitation
Stay hungry, Stay hungry, Stay hungry

Here's that rhythm again
Here's my shoulder blade
Here's the sound I made
Here's the picture I saved
Here I am


10. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER

I don't know why I love her like I do
All the changes you put me through
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven't seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Take me to the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down

I don't know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things we could have had
Love is an ocean that I can't forget
My sweet sixteen I would never regret

I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river, drop me in the water
Push me in the river, dip me in the water
Washing me down, washing me

Hug me, squeeze me, love me, tease me
Till I can't, till I can't, till I can't take no more of it
Take me to the water, drop me in the river
Push me in the water, drop me in the river
Washing me down, washing me down

I don't know why I love you like I do
All the troubles you put me through
Sixteen candles there on my wall
And here am I the biggest fool of them all

I wanna know that you'll tell me
I love to stay
Take me to the river and drop me in the water
Dip me in the river, drop me in the water
Washing me down, washing me down


11. THE BIG COUNTRY

I see the shapes
I remember from maps
I see the shoreline
I see the whitecaps
A baseball diamond, nice weather down there
I see the school and the houses where the kids are
Places to park by the factories and buildings
Restaurants and bar for later in the evening
Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas
And I have learned how these things work together
I see the parkway that passes through them all
And I have learned how to look at these things and I say

I wouldn't live there if you paid me
I couldn't live like that, no sir
I couldn't do the things the way those people do
I couldn't live there if you paid me to

I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean
I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends
Look at that kitchen and all of that food
Look at them eat it' guess it tastes real good

They grow it in the farmlands
And they take it to the stores
They put it in the car trunk
And they bring it back home
And I say

I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me
I couldn't live like that, no sir
I couldn't do the things the way those people do
I wouldn't live there if you paid me to

I'm tired of looking out the windows of the airplane
I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere
It's not even worth talking
About those people down there

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