I Am an Ape David Byrne, St. Vincent

garden Stands a statue Of the man who won the war His expression Tender yearning Every nation near and far Oh sad and ancient father Sweet as honey tough as leather Running down the hill on Christmas Day I

I Should Watch TV David Byrne, St. Vincent

I used to think that I should watch TV I used to think that it was good for me Wanted to know what folks were thinking To understand the land I live in And I would lose myself, and it would set me free

The One Who Broke Your Heart David Byrne, St. Vincent

along with the one who broke your heart You know you do Sing aloud, it will keep you safe and warm That's right In the Garden of Eden, on a hot summer day We were totally naked outside that small caf Am

Who David Byrne, St. Vincent

Who'll be my valentine Who'll lift this heavy load Who'll share this taxi cab Who wants to climb aboard Who is an honest man Who is an honest man Who'll help a tired soldier Far from his own hometown carry

The Forest Awakes David Byrne, St. Vincent

time is a place A place of relief and a time of confusion A heart is a simple equation With beautiful words and with beautiful people A song is face is a mountain A fruit that falls before it's grown I

Outside of Space and Time David Byrne, St. Vincent

My love, your house has many rooms The kitchen's filled with food I'll find a place inside The dreams that pass across your face Come from a secret place Ev'ryone close your eyes It's true, I am a shaky

Lazarus David Byrne, St. Vincent

Lazarus Gold in your river, there forever The captain's bell, it swings from side to side Cool water High on this hill, I'm working all the time Cool water My hammer comes down hard on everyone Cool water I

Weekend in the Dust David Byrne, St. Vincent

and used Now according to you What's so mysterious Rip it well well, you have won it out Give it all why won't you give it out Where's the fun in holding out the part Everyone gets up when you sit down I

Lightning David Byrne, St. Vincent

There's a funny lightning Threatening with striking But it moves too quick for a picture There's a funny lightning Round the corner hiding But I'm too smart just to catch it With gloves and rubber So I

Dinner for Two David Byrne, St. Vincent

By the time the guests arrive Ooo, already it was dark outside Tables set with china dishes We're welcomed in with tiny kisses What's her name I don't remember Isn't that the famous author Harry's gonna

Optimist David Byrne, St. Vincent

Waiting, but I don't mind I'm all bus stops and heat I'm neon, in your daylight I'm the optimist of 30th Street How it is is how it oughta be I got anything but moneyed esteem Drinks are on Cond Nast I'm

Astronaut David Byrne

The Western lands Day turns to Night Immaterial play of light It's very nice out here Poked my hand in a hornet's nest They flew out around my face I guess it's just self defense The camera pans The focus

Ice Age David Byrne, St. Vincent

Oh diamondHow we've beenOh diamondIt's such a shameTo see you this way, freezing it outYour own little ice ageIce ageIce ageOh diamondGet out of bedAll unbuttonedSeams are showingAnd you're freakin...

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

Broken Man St. Vincent

On the street, I'm a king-sized killer I can make your kingdom come On my feet, I'm an earthquake shakin' So open up, my little one Hey, what are you looking at? (Oh) Who the hell do you think I am?

Angels ( LP Version ) David Byrne

slightly out of the ordinary Flying over fields and factories Momma's going off her head Daddy's bringing home the bacon Open up the pearly gates Fruit of salty lubrication Tangled up in arms and legs I

Reckless St. Vincent

I watched you all night 'til the dawn had come And the angels came down and picked you up Breathless The smell of your hair on curtains, babe The wind blew the windows out in the rain Reckless, reckless

Somebody David Byrne

See how we are There ain't no four-leaf clover In the blink of an eye Ev'rything changes We gotta start all over Down in that deep muddy river (so long ago) Blood is much thicker than water (the angels

Hanging Upside Down David Byrne

Window shoppin' Finger poppin' Hangin' in our fav'rite shopping mall Looky looky A little cutie A little kitten she deserves a home Tell you dudes when I get old enough You bet that I am gonna try some

Sad Song ( LP Version ) David Byrne

You may think I look sad But I am just sleeping It's my facial expression I'm probably dreaming Would you like to be sad? Would you like me to teach you?

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

The Gates Of Paradise ( LP Version ) David Byrne

I am nothing like my sister I am nothing like my mom You can't see me in my father Wonder where did I come from?

Actor Out of Work St. Vincent

You're a supplement, you're a salve You're a bandage, pull it off I can quit you, cut it out You're a patient, iron lung You're a cast signed broken arm You're an actor out of work You're a liar and that's

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 I

Girls On My Mind David Byrne

Seems like ev'rywhere I go Seems like ev'rything I do Seems like ev'rything I dream about Seems like ev'rywhere I look Well I got girls, girls on my mind I think about them mostly all the time Oh - so

They Are In Love ( LP Version ) David Byrne

some say it's wrong Some say it's hard to believe And some say that they are in love Move away, move away Move away before it's too late Then the lion sleeps with the lamb Only love let's me forget who I

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

A Self-Made Man ( LP Version ) David Byrne

bad teeth How 'bout trading your sexy body for a full head of hair Well we can't predict the future But we're trying to do the best that we can My cards are on the table I'm gambling everything that i

Why David Byrne

I don't have any philosophy Why do I know what I know? 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?

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

Follow the power lines back from the road No one around so I take off my clothes Am I the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh I

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

Loco De Amor David Byrne

There's an island in a bay (loco de amor) She's got most peculiar ways (crazy for love) Otocum?yand?otocum?yand?

Lazy (featuring David Byrne) X-Press 2

I talk I open up my mouth, it comes rushin' out Nothin', doin' nadda, never, how you like me now Wouldn't it be mad, wouldn't it be fine Lazy, lucky lady, dancin', lovin' all the time I I I I'm

What A Day That Was David Byrne

Well, I'm dressed up so nice An' I'm doin' my best Yes I'm startin' over..

Paris Is Burning St. Vincent

I write to give word the war is over Send my cinders home to mother They gave me a medal for my valor Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power They say, \"I\'m on your side \"When nobody is, \'cause

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

Glass, Concrete & Stone David Byrne

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 fresh Nobody knows, I

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,

Back In The Box ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny I'm terribly scared And now I need an oasis A place to hide from the day I'd like a little dark tiny room Where the music plays Maybe you just lost somebody Maybe your whole world

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

Finite=Alright ( LP Version ) David Byrne

wasted but it's alright And everything is finite Yeah, wasted - it's alright Everything is finite I'm just a baby in my daddy's arms Who will protect me from these women's charms I'm six foot tall but I

Poison David Byrne

Got an empty head (huh?) And she can't stand it. Uhhuh uhhuh We just let things slide. All the way home. Over all these years. And nothing was done.

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

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

Violent Times St. Vincent

(Huh) Violent times Almost lost you in these violent times I forgot people could be so kind In these violent times Dollar signs Almost lost it chasing dollar signs Know the cost, but I forgot the price

Pieta St. Vincent

Baptized in the shallow end Of a Holiday Inn Limbs dangled over my Pa Like an inverse Pieta Mother Nature cried You are Leviathan, my child You are Leviathan inside And my lungs runneth over With chlorinated

Pirates David Byrne

feeling Got no idea, what time it is 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

Daddy Go Down ( LP Version ) David Byrne

go-down And he could not put her from his mind And love is strong and it will not die Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh daddy go-down Go down, daddy go-down, daddy oh daddy go-down Protect me now from what I

Psychopath St. Vincent

Running down the highway like a psychopath All the flames and fury honey at my back Wanna make a bet whether I make it back cause I'm on the edge of a heart attack You said Honey quit your worrying Distance