The Other Side of This Life David Byrne

I don't have any more problems All of my worries are gone Beautiful angels appear at my side And corporate sponsors will act as my guide Agents

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

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

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!

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

A Million Miles Away David Byrne

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 A toad is a prince in someone's eyes And you can't tell a man by his clothes The

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

Tiny Town David Byrne

Be careful my darling, what you say and do The shit that you make comes right back to you And the whole wide world is a tiny town, Full of tiny ideas With each tiny heart pumpin up and down Come be tiny

Pirates David Byrne

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 then a flush Guess it must be the neighbors

The Red House David Byrne

Tip toe too Tip toe around the house Come, Come on in It's not, it's not like that Down, down we go Fall through, fall through the cracks. Well I help myself Help myself to what I want.

The Dream Police David Byrne

Combing the snakes in his head Reading a book in his bed Getting ready for the night to begin Waiting for daylight to end In this court of law This court of common pleas The crimes that you've committed

My Big Hands ( Fall Through The Cracks ) David Byrne

Tip toe too Tip toe around the house Come, Come on in It's not, it's not like that Down, down we go Fall through, fall through the cracks. Well I help myself Help myself to what I want.

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?

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?

Tiny Apocalypse David Byrne

Raise up - shake them lazy bones Read the T-shirt but still don't understand Comin' home with a little apocalypse It comes, now do you have time for this?

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

You're looking at me but you can't see me I'm invisible to the naked eye I'm a part of everything you're doing I'm a part of you down deep inside I'm the part that sings those gooffy love songs I'm the

Poison David Byrne

Gonna break this up. What? Before we lose it. Uhhuh. Uhhuh. We just let things slide. All the way home. Over all these years. And nothing was done. Turn over once. Turn over twice.

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

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

Lilies Of The Valley ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Momma she had complications There's nothing very strange about that Nuns said "We can't kill that baby We'll have to let your mother die" We are all just lilies of the valley We neither reap nor sow We

Sad Song ( LP Version ) David Byrne

You must follow directions And learn it right from the start There isn't a short cut It must come from your heart Well there are those who are happy And there are those who are wise But it's the truly

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

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

Office Cowboy David Byrne

I can see an office cowboy How he turns and smiles, watching the girls go by (ride'em cowboy) He knows how to ride a pony If laughter makes you well, what if the well runs dry?

Angels ( LP Version ) David Byrne

A sign, any kind of sign?

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

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

A Self-Made Man ( LP Version ) David Byrne

figure out what sex we are Exchanging chromosomes Trying to bargain for a better future Well i'll trade you my potential mental illness For your bad teeth How 'bout trading your sexy body for a full head of

Hanging Upside Down David Byrne

a home Tell you dudes when I get old enough You bet that I am gonna try some stuff Twisted sister Don't 'cha miss her There's a hundred more where she came from Wiggle wiggle Jiggle jiggle Jesus, how the

Like Humans Do David Byrne

For millions of years, In millions of homes (폴 밀리언스 오브 이어스, 인 밀리언스 오브 홈스) A man loved a woman, A child it was born (어 맨 러브드 어 우먼, 어 차일드 잇 워즈 본) It learned how to hurt and it learned how to cry (잇

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?

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

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

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,

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

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 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

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

The Call Of The Wild David Byrne

Es una sonrisa eterna Learn not to run when you hear it call La cual no puedes cambiar It is not a lullabye Su cantar es diferente And the call of the wild is not a difficult song Con su tonada bestial

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

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

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

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

Little girls go float upstream Some a' them never comin' back We are powerless to stop them As they vanish from our sight Little boys dig tunnels Into the ground they go Hundreds of them, disappear Little

Empire David Byrne

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 Please heed the

Buck Naked ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Runnin' naked, down the 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

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

You & Eye ( LP Version ) David Byrne

the way) It's supposed to be?

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