Back In The Box ( LP Version ) David Byrne

The sun shines on the living The sun shines on the dead The sun shines on you and me Wherever we lay our heads The sun shines on the evil The sun shines on the good It doesn't favour righteousness Although

Angels ( LP Version ) David Byrne

There are no angels left in America anymore They left after the Second World War heading west Stopping briefly in Japan during the 60's Then in Tianamen Square during the last decade They kept heading

Fuzzy Freaky ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Rose is tattooed in a perfect place She bears the burden of a pretty face The monkey boy, the leopard girl The strange is also beautiful It's summer time and the grass is high Fuzzy freaky, funny family

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

Amnesia ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Peace on earth, soon we will be Where nothing worries us Lazy days, cool is the breeze Across the universe Armies of soldiers are sleeping tonight And moonlight is kissing their eyes When you awake you

Crash ( LP Version ) David Byrne

The war started in Bethlehem A quarrel between holy men Rocket's red glare Night without end Burning my eyes It's hard to forget - now isn't it?

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

You & Eye ( LP Version ) David Byrne

faces in the clouds We'll be a gospel singer's shout We'll be the lights from an airplane at night Hey yeah - I can't stay in my skin I bin in here too long But I know where to find, a really good time

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

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

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

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 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,

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

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

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

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

Wicked Little Doll ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Wicked little doll, collapsing beauties Wicked little doll, cities in flames Wicked little doll, devil or angel?

A Self-Made Man ( LP Version ) David Byrne

We're living in a dump Trying to 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

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

My Love Is You ( LP Version ) David Byrne

Some men desire a princessAnd others lust for a temptressWell I don't need one of those'cause, my love is youMy love is youSome men replace their mamasAnd some want a young baianaI have no use for ...

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

Power (LP Version) David Phelps

No mountains ever moved one inch at my command No waters parted at my feet I'm just a witness to the wonders God can do Through willing instruments like me And when my best seems insignificant and

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

What A Day That Was David Byrne

dare sit down Now don't choo dare jump back And don't choo dare stick out!

She's Mad David Byrne

Bangin' his head Stab in the back Look her in the eye and Buddy, you can tell she's crazy Smack in the face Look at 'em go Take a look around and you can see I don't mean maybe If sex is a weapon Who's

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

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

Twistin' In The Wind David Byrne

Hey hey hey hey hey Twistin' in the wind Twistin' all night long Now can you picture this?

The Rose Tattoo David Byrne

Not enough, not enough, so it seems Lost in the Stars Venus and Mars And I'm in heaven again I'll drink to you The Rose Tattoo I'm the invisible man If all the dead are now living And all of the living

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

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

Gentle Savior (LP Version) David Phelps

Where are the signs? Which way should I go?

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

A Million Miles Away David Byrne

And I feel like I'm walkin' on air Oh - Oh A million miles 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

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

A Walk In The Dark David Byrne

Oh silent night Oh holy night Sometimes you see me Sometimes you don't You'll get to know me better After a walk in the dark The monster in the mirror We'll take a walk in the dark Woah - we'll take a

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

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

His Wife Refused David Byrne

A great big house with nothing in it He comes home says "Now wait a minute" He's comin' in She's goin' out He turns around says, "What's that about?"

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

Carnival Eyes David Byrne

Gone away Someone else son's gone What a day For dreaming Hard hurt heart The holds the door Buried in time In hallways bleeding And all the time they walk the line And all the time in asking land Who's

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.

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

Make Believe Mambo David Byrne

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 cop Say Oh - let the