 Genius Lyrics
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Talking Heads – Found a Job
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“Found A Job” is all about not letting your creativity go to waste.
It starts out with a couple talking about how there’s nothing on TV. David Byrne points out that we’ve seen
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Talking Heads – Found a Job (Live)
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[Verse 1] / "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
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Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime
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In this song, producer Brian Eno and Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are at the apogee of whatever it is they do (Byrne claims he was just riffing on some Southern preacher).
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Talking Heads – Big Business / I Zimbra (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Part I: Big Business] / Think you've had enough / Stop talking, help us get ready / Think you've had enough / Big business, after the shakeup / Think you've had enough / Stop
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"Weird Al" Yankovic – Dog Eat Dog
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This is a parody in the style of Talking Heads, particularly the songs “Stay Up Late” and “Once in a Lifetime”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imWnuirIL8o
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Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Can't seem to face up to the facts / I'm tense and nervous, can't relax / Can't sleep, bed's on fire / Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire / [Chorus] / Psycho killer
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Talking Heads – Television Man
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David Byrne often analyzes the complex role of television in his own life and in society through his lyrics. In “Found a Job” he tells the story of a couple that channeled their
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Talking Heads – Artists Only
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Let's go! / I'm painting, I'm painting again! / I'm painting, I'm painting again! / I'm cleaning, I'm cleaning again! / I'm cleaning, cleaning my brain! / Pretty soon now, I will
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Talking Heads – Making Flippy Floppy
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Despite some of the seemingly frivolous turns of phrase in this song and throughout Speaking in Tongues, the wariness of the frightening world that we have come to expect Talking
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Talking Heads – Warning Sign
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[Verse 1] / Warning sign, warning sign / I hear it, but I pay it no mind / Hear my voice, hear my voice / It's saying something and it's not very nice / Pay attention, pay
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Talking Heads – The Good Thing
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[Verse 1] / I will fight, will fight with my heart / I will fight, will fight with understanding / In my mind the weather never changes / Skill overcomes unfavorable conditions / [
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Talking Heads – Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Dirty Heads – Driftin'
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[Verse 1: Duddy B] / Well I've been driftin' liftin' my mind with these spliffs and / Realizing just what I'm missin' / There's so much more then just regrets / 'Cause if you can't
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Talking Heads – Slippery People
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[Verse 1] / What about the time you were rollin' over / Fall on your face, you must be having fun / Walk lightly, think of a time / You'd best believe this thing is real / Put away
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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime
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[Verse 1] / Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons / Packed up and ready to go / Heard of some gravesites out by the highway / A place where nobody knows / The sound of gunfire
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Talking Heads – Swamp
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Kicking off side two of Speaking in Tongues, “Swamp” follows a slightly different structure than the other songs on the album. Songs such as “Making Flippy Floppy”, “Girlfriend is
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Talking Heads – With Our Love
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[Verse 1] / It's just a look / And it makes the boys quiver / Yes, it's the look / And now they remember / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Had they forgotten / What this all means? / I think they
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Talking Heads – I'm Not in Love
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[Intro] / Okay! / [Verse 1] / Pretty! / What is brand new? It's not what 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
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Talking Heads – Stay Hungry
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I think we can signify our love now / Ooh, 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
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Talking Heads – The Girls Want to Be with the Girls
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[Verse 1] / Girls don't want to play like that / Just want to talk to the boys / Just want to do what's in their hearts / And the girls want to be with the girls / [Chorus] / And
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Talking Heads – The Big Country
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The Talking Heads are flying over an unnamed suburb in flyover country. Singer David Byrne catalogues the supposed appeals of living there, and stoutly rejects them all. Call him
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Dirty Heads – Vacation
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“Vacation” is the fourth song on Dirty Heads album “Swim Team.” It is a song inspiring people to live their lives like they are on vacation. The song is meant to motive people to
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Talking Heads – Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Talking Heads – Cities
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[Verse 1] / Think of London, small city / It's dark, dark in the daytime / People sleep, sleep in the daytime / If they want to, if they want to / [Pre-Chorus] / I'm checking 'em
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Talking Heads – Take Me to the River
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The new wave band Talking Heads covered this song, originally done by Al Green, in 1978 and it reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. “We played it live in the studio
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Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers
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The 5th track off Talking Heads' 1988 album Naked was the second single from the album, released after “Blind”, and it peaked at number 79 on the UK singles chart.
Written by
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Talking Heads – Cities (Alternate Version)
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Think of London, a small city / It's dark, dark in the daytime / The people sleep, sleep in the daytime / If they want to, if they want to / I'm checking them out / I'm checking
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Talking Heads – Burning Down the House
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“Burning Down The House” is a song by the American new wave band, Talking Heads. It was released in July 1983 on their fifth studio album, Speaking in Tongues. Chris Frantz said
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Talking Heads – Girlfriend Is Better
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“Girlfriend is Better” is a song by the American New Wave band Talking Heads. It appeared on their fifth album, “Speaking in Tongues”. It peaked at #21 in New Zealand, #59 in
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Talking Heads – Love → Building on Fire
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“Love → Building On Fire” was the first single ever released by the Talking Heads, recorded even before guitarist Jerry Harrison joined the band.
The arrow in the title could be
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Talking Heads – Road to Nowhere
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Road to Nowhere is a rock song written by David Byrne for the 1985 Talking Heads album Little Creatures. It also appeared on Best of Talking Heads, Sand in the Vaseline: Popular
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Talking Heads – Slippery People [Stop Making Sense] - Live
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[Verse 1: David Byrne, with Ednah Holt and Lynn Mabry] / What about the time / You were rollin' over / Fall on your face / You must be having fun / Walk lightly! / Think of a time
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Talking Heads – Don't Worry About the Government
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The modern world has been built and arranged to make humans as comfortable as possible. Byrne here is talking from the point of someone who has become absorbed by this lifestyle
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Talking Heads – Cities - Live
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[Verse 1] / Think of London, small city / It's dark, dark in the daytime / People sleep, sleep in the daytime / If they want to, if they want to / [Pre-Chorus] / I'm checking 'em
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Talking Heads – No Compassion
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The 6th track on Talking Heads eponymous debut album from 1977.
“No Compassion” is a commentary/criticism of people complaining about their problems and not doing anything about
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Talking Heads – Making Flippy Floppy (Live)
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[Intro] / Wait a minute / Everybody, get in line / [Verse 1] / Nothing can come between us / Nothing gets you down / Nothing strikes your fancy / Nothing turns you on / But you don
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Talking Heads – Heaven (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Everyone is trying / To get into the bar / The name of the bar / The bar is called Heaven / The band in Heaven / They play my favorite song / Play it one more time
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Talking Heads – Swamp (Live) [2023 Remaster]
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[Verse 1] / Now let me tell you a story / The devil, he has a plan / A bag of bones in his pocket / Get anything you want / No dust, no rocks / The whole thing is over / All those
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Talking Heads – Moon Rocks
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Flying saucers, levitation / Yo! I could do that / Gettin' ready for heavy duty / Go on, give it a chance / Give it a chance, give it a chance / I saw your hair start to curl / So
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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime [The Name of This Band is Talking Heads]
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[Verse 1] / Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons / Packed up and ready to go / Heard of some grave sites, out by the highway / A place where nobody knows / The sound of
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