Say something once,
Why say it again?
I’m embarrassed to admit it,
It hit the soft spot in my heart when
I found out you wrote the book I read.
Facts are simple and facts are straight,
Facts are lazy and facts come late.
Facts all come with points of view,
Facts don’t do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth about,
Facts are living turned inside out.
Facts are getting the best of them,
Facts are nothing on the face of things!
Born under punches!
I’m too thin.
All I want is to breathe,
Won’t you breathe with me?
AND
Changin’ clothes, now he’s got ventilated slacks
Bouncing off the wall, Mr. Jones is back!
Same here. I love that line!
As for my contribution:
…I’m a nature boy!
And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
Seeing concurrent threads regarding punk reminds me to ask the question:
Were the Talking Heads considered a “punk” band?
No.
I’ve got money now, I’ve got money now
I’m talking to you so I hope you’re concentrating.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
I wish you wouldn’t say that.
He was shot down in the night!
People ride by but his body’s still alive.
The girl in the window what has she done?
She looks down at me…
says, “I don’t want to die!”
The world moves on a woman’s hips
The world moves as she swivels and bops
Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock,
we blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we’re tapping phone lines,
I know that that ain’t allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don’t know what I look like!
[Tom Tom Club interlude]
What you gonna do when you get out of jail?
I’m gonna have some fun!
What do you consider fun?
Fun, natural fun!
[/Tom Tom Club interlude]
(water flowing underground)
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Mmm - a kinky little sister
Mmm - a-wearin’ rubber gloves
A sexual health emergency
A copulation fantasy
You and me, ecstasy
Hate to be reality
Well I hope you’re happy with what you’ve made
(Puzzling Evidence)
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
(Puzzling Evidence)
“True Stories” and “Stop Making Sense.”
Two of my most favorite movies.
Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill
Mojique thinks of days before Americans came
He sees the foreigners in growing numbers
He sees the foreigners in fancy houses
He thinks of days that he can still remember…now
Mojique holds a package in his quivering hands
Mojique sends the package to the American man
Softly he glides along the streets and alleys
Up comes the wind that makes them run for cover
He feels the time is surely now or never…more
my favorite TH song…
Pretty soon now, I will be bitter
You can’t see it 'til it’s finished!
I’m taking back the children
I’m taking back the ceremony
I’m taking back my offerings
And I’m taking back what you mean to me